It's time for the fourteenth and penultimate episode of the first series of ALILI, in which Gioia Cacchioli joins me to talk about Tigrinya, a Semitic and syntactically striking language of eastern Africa. Gioia introduces the language, its family tree, its word-building, its use of the Ge'ez script, and how she came to love Tigrinya.

Here's Gioia's website: ⁠https://gioiacacchioli.com/⁠

The word of the episode: abugida (⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abugida⁠)

Host: Danny Bate

Guest: Gioia Cacchioli

Music: Bossa Nova by William_King

Artwork: William Marler

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