Shabo

E247378

Shabo is a nearly extinct and poorly documented language isolate spoken by a small community in southwestern Ethiopia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shabo canonical 8
Shabo-Mikeyir 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language ⓘ
language isolate ⓘ
alternativeName Mekeyer ⓘ
Mekeyir ⓘ
Mikeyir ⓘ
Mikeyir language ⓘ
Sabu ⓘ
Shabo language ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
documentationStatus poorly documented ⓘ
endangermentStatus severely endangered ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasGlottologCode shab1250 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Shabo ⓘ
hasISO6393Code sbf ⓘ
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Surmic languages ⓘ
isEndangeredLanguageOf Ethiopia ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
linguisticClassificationStatus controversial ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Dizi ⓘ
Majang ⓘ
Shekkacho ⓘ
populationTrend declining number of speakers ⓘ
primaryUse oral communication ⓘ
region southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
researchInterest historical linguistics ⓘ
language contact ⓘ
language isolates ⓘ
riskOfLanguageShiftTo neighboring dominant languages ⓘ
spokenBy small community ⓘ
spokenIn Gambela Region ⓘ
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ
spokenOnContinent Africa ⓘ
status nearly extinct ⓘ
vitality moribund ⓘ
writingSystem no widely used standardized writing system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shabo language → alternativeName → Shabo ⓘ
subject linked to: Shabo language (proposed)
Shabo → hasGlottologName → Shabo ⓘ
Sabu → alsoKnownAs → Shabo ⓘ
Shabo people → ethnonym → Shabo ⓘ
Mekeyir → hasAlternateName → Shabo ⓘ
Mekeyir → hasAlternateName → Shabo-Mikeyir ⓘ
linked to: Shabo