How to quote Ethiopian authors in linguistic publications

As the patronymic Ethiopian names do not match widespread GIVEN NAME – FAMILY pattern of Western world, authors are often quoted inconsistently and inappropriately by scholars in field linguistic typology historical-comparative linguistics. After a brief introduction into naming conventions summary recurrent issues quoting scientific publications, we propose number general citation rules that would help overcome these justice to conventions. The offered as an addendum Generic Style Rules for Linguistics. Finally, article demonstrates how reference management software can be manipulated so it correctly applies