Kafa

E386663

Kafa is an Omotic language spoken primarily in southwestern Ethiopia by the Kafa people.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kafa canonical 1
Kaffa 1
Keffa Zone 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Omotic language
language
belongsToMacroArea Africa
country Ethiopia
ethnicGroup Kafa people
hasAlternativeName Kafi noono
Kefa
Kefa
surface form: Kefa (Kafa)

Kafa language
surface form: Kefa language
hasBibleTranslation partial translation available
hasDomainOfUse home and community communication
local cultural practices
oral literature and storytelling
hasEndangermentStatus vigorous use (not severely endangered)
hasEthnologueEntry true
hasGlottocode kafa1247
hasISO6393Code kbr
hasLanguagePolicyStatus recognized for local use in Ethiopia
hasLinguisticClassification Gonga
Gonga-Gimojan
North Omotic
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
hasMedia local radio broadcasts
hasNeighboringLanguage Bench
Dawro
Dizi
Gamo
Shekkacho
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
hasScriptStatus used in print media at local level
written language
hasStandardizedOrthography true
languageBranch Omotic
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
region Kaffa Zone
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
spokenBy Kafa people
spokenIn Ethiopia
spokenInRegion Southwestern Ethiopia
surface form: southwestern Ethiopia
subfamilyOf Omotic languages
usedIn education at primary level in some schools
local administration in Kaffa Zone
writingSystem Geʽez script
surface form: Ethiopic script

Referenced by (3)

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

Sheka Zone borderedBy Kafa
this entity surface form: Keffa Zone
Kafa language alternateName Kafa
this entity surface form: Kaffa