Sidamu Afoo

E386670

Sidamu Afoo is the Cushitic language spoken by the Sidama people of southern Ethiopia.

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Label Occurrences
Sidamu Afoo canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Cushitic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Sidama language ⓘ
Sidamo ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers over 2 million ⓘ
hasCaseMarking suffixal case markers ⓘ
hasDialects multiple local varieties within Sidama Region ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Sidamo ⓘ
hasGenderDistinction grammatical gender ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code sid ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 12-AAC-a ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Amharic ⓘ
Oromo ⓘ
hasMajorityReligionOfSpeakers Christianity ⓘ
hasMinorityReligionOfSpeakers Islam ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasNeighbouringLanguage Gedeo ⓘ
Hadiyya ⓘ
Kambaata ⓘ
Oromo ⓘ
hasNumberDistinction singular and plural ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
tone or pitch accent ⓘ
hasStandardizationStatus developing orthography and literacy materials ⓘ
hasTenseAspectSystem rich verbal inflection ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV ⓘ
isEndangeredStatus vigorous use but limited official support ⓘ
isSpokenAs mother tongue ⓘ
languageBranch Afroasiatic ⓘ
languageFamily Cushitic ⓘ
region Sidama Region ⓘ
spokenBy Sidama people ⓘ
spokenIn Ethiopia ⓘ
Southern Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: southern Ethiopia
subfamily Highland East Cushitic ⓘ
usedIn education at primary level in some areas ⓘ
local administration in Sidama Region ⓘ
writingSystem Geʽez script ⓘ

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

Sidamo → hasAlternativeName → Sidamu Afoo ⓘ