Zay language

E397423

Ethio-Semitic language South Ethiopic Semitic language language

Zay language is a South Ethiopic Semitic language spoken by the Zay people on islands and shores of Lake Zway in Ethiopia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Zay language canonical	4
Zway language	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ethio-Semitic language ⓘ South Ethiopic Semitic language ⓘ language ⓘ
country	Ethiopia ⓘ
documentationStatus	limited linguistic description ⓘ
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered ⓘ
geographicFeature	spoken around Lake Zway ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Zayigna ⓘ Zay language ⓘ surface form: Zway language
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers	few thousand ⓘ
hasEthnicAssociation	Zay people ⓘ
hasGlottocode	zayy1238 ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom	Amharic ⓘ surface form: Amharic language Oromo ⓘ surface form: Oromo language
hasISO6393Code	zwa ⓘ
hasLanguageBranch	South Ethiopic ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Afroasiatic
hasLanguageGroup	Transversal South Ethiopic ⓘ
hasLanguageSubfamily	Semitic ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage	Amharic ⓘ surface form: Amharic language Oromo ⓘ surface form: Oromo language
hasPhylum	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Geʽez script ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn	Ethiopia ⓘ
isUnderLanguageShiftTo	Oromo ⓘ surface form: Oromo language
linguisticFeature	shares features with other Transversal South Ethiopic languages ⓘ shows lexical borrowing from Amharic ⓘ shows lexical borrowing from Oromo ⓘ
notUsedFor	formal education ⓘ national media ⓘ
region	Central Ethiopia ⓘ Oromia Region ⓘ
riskFactor	language shift among younger speakers ⓘ
spokenBy	Zay people ⓘ
spokenIn	Ethiopia ⓘ Lake Zway islands ⓘ shores of Lake Zway ⓘ
spokenOnIsland	Debre Sina Island ⓘ Funduro Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Galila Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsedecha Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Tullu Guddo Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Afroasiatic language ⓘ Semitic language ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication within Zay communities ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Gurage languages → hasLanguage → Zay language ⓘ

Harari → closelyRelatedTo → Zay language ⓘ

Harari language → closelyRelatedTo → Zay language ⓘ

Silt'e language → closelyRelatedTo → Zay language ⓘ

Zay language → hasAlternativeName → Zay language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zway language