Sidamu Afoo

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

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Sidamu Afoo canonical 1

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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 NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ethiopia
southern Ethiopia
surface form: 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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Sidamo hasAlternativeName Sidamu Afoo