Prof. Olga Kapeliuk (; b. 1932, Kraków, Poland) is an Israeli linguist. Kapeliuk, who is professor emeritus of linguistics and African studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was considered among the most important Israeli linguists and researchers of Semitic languages, especially of Ethiopian languages and modern Aramaic dialects. She has earned an international reputation as one of the leading experts in the Amharic language of Ethiopia. With the development of the large-scale immigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, she served an important function as an advisor to the nation's educational system. Awards In 2005, Kapeliuk received the Israel Prize for linguistics. Kapeliuk was awarded the Edward Ullendorff Medal in 2021. Publications The language of dialogue in modern Amharic literature [in Hebrew]. Ph.D. dissertation. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1968. Books: Q.I. Marogulov, Grammaire néo-syriaque pour écoles d'adultes - traduit du néo-syriaque par Olga Kapeliuk. Paris: P. Geuthner 1976 (GLECS - Supplément 5). Nominalization in Amharic. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner 1988 (Aethiopistische Forschungen 23): 171 pp. Syntax of the Noun in Amharic. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1994 (Aethiopistische Forschungen 37): 129 pp. Selected Papers in Ethio-Semitic and Neo-Aramaic Linguistics. Jerusalem, Magnes Press 2009: 579 pp. Articles: Auxiliares descriptifs en amharique. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Semitic Studies - Jerusalem 1965. Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences 1969: 116-131 L'emploi de la marque de l'accusatif -n en amharique. Israel Oriental Studies (Tel Aviv) 2 (1972): 183–214. Traitement spיcial du corps et de l'ame dans la syntaxe Ethiopienne. Journal of Ethiopian Studies (Addis Ababa) 11 (1973): 143–160. Les noms amhariques a finale -o. Groupe Linguistique d'Etudes Chamito-Sיmitiques = GLECS (Paris) 18-23 (1973-1979): 215–217. Particules d'enchaמnement et de rיfיrence en amharique. id: 241–243. Les nיologismes Ethiopiens. id: 321–323. Modalies d'action et aspects en amharique. id: 673–683. Encore sur ressahu et ressichchallehu. Rassegna di Studi Etiopici (Rome) 25 (1974): 183–214. Particles of concatenation and reference in Amharic. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (London) 41 (1978): 272–282. Quelques remarques sur l'emploi de l'accusatif en sיmitique יthiopien et en arabe classique. Studia Orientalia Memoriae D.H. Baneth Dedicata. Jerusalem: Magnes Press 1979: 225–238. Sur le rפle de la forme relative en tigrigna. Bibliotheca Orientalis (Leiden) 37/1-2 (1980): col. 16-23 (main article). Evolution de la phrase amharique - la nominalisation du verbe. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies - Nice 1977. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema 1980: 97–106. Language policy in Ethiopia since the revolution of