Argobba
E347903
Argobba is an endangered South Semitic language spoken by the Argobba people in central Ethiopia.
All labels observed (2)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ethiopian Semitic language
ⓘ
South Semitic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| branchOf |
Ethiopian Semitic
ⓘ
surface form:
Ethio-Semitic languages
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Amharic
ⓘ
Eastern Gurage ⓘ
surface form:
East Gurage languages
Harari language ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicAssociation | Argobba people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Argobba
ⓘ
surface form:
Argoba
|
| hasDialects |
northern Argobba dialects
ⓘ
southern Argobba dialects ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Amharic
ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ Oromo ⓘ
surface form:
Oromo language
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
gendered nouns
ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ verbal aspect marking ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | emphatic consonants ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAssociation | Islam ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SOV word order ⓘ |
| hasVSOOrderVariant | yes ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | agj ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| languageShiftTowards |
Amharic
ⓘ
Oromo ⓘ
surface form:
Oromo language
|
| linguisticTypology | fusional language ⓘ |
| primaryScriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Afar Region
ⓘ
Amhara Region ⓘ Oromia Region ⓘ |
| riskFactor |
dominance of Amharic
ⓘ
intergenerational transmission interruption ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Argobba people ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | central Ethiopia ⓘ |
| subbranch |
Ethiopian Semitic languages
ⓘ
South Semitic languages ⓘ |
| subfamily | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | community identity marker ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
local trade
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ religious contexts ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Geʽez script ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Argoba