Kistane language
E397420
Kistane language is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken by the Kistane (Soddo) people in central Ethiopia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kistane language canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ethiopian Semitic language
ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kistane
ⓘ
Kistane (Soddo) ⓘ Soddo language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Gurage languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Gurage language cluster
|
| branch |
South Ethiopic
ⓘ
surface form:
Outer South Ethiopic
South Ethiopic ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Gurage languages
ⓘ
Silt'e language ⓘ
surface form:
Siltʼe language
|
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
|
| ethnicGroup |
Kistane people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gurage people ⓘ
surface form:
Soddo people
|
| family | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
emphatic consonants
ⓘ
gender distinction in nouns ⓘ rich verb morphology ⓘ root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ subject–object–verb basic word order ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticAlignment | nominative–accusative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant gemination
ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | gru ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic
ⓘ
Semitic ⓘ |
| primaryStatus | vernacular language ⓘ |
| region |
Gurage
ⓘ
surface form:
Gurage Zone
Southern Ethiopia ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
central Ethiopia ⓘ |
| subfamily | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Gurage languages
ⓘ
South Ethiopic ⓘ
surface form:
South Ethiopic languages
|
| typologicalClass | fusional language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Kistane community ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folklore of Kistane people
ⓘ
local administration in Kistane areas ⓘ oral literature of Kistane people ⓘ traditional songs of Kistane people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Geʽez script
ⓘ
surface form:
Ethiopic script
Geʽez script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.