Shabo

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

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Label Occurrences
Shabo canonical 6

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 self-link
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

Referenced by (6)

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

Shabo language (proposed) alternativeName Shabo
subject surface form: Shabo language
Shabo hasGlottologName Shabo self-link
Sabu alsoKnownAs Shabo
Shabo people ethnonym Shabo