Shabo language (proposed)
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The Shabo language (proposed) is a little-documented and possibly endangered language of southwestern Ethiopia whose classification within African language families, including Nilo-Saharan, remains controversial among linguists.
Aliases (1)
- Shabo language ×45
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African language
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endangered language → human language → language → |
| alternativeName |
Mikeyir
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Mikeyir-Shabo → Sabu → Shabo → |
| classification |
classification controversial among linguists
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| continent |
Africa
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| country |
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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| dataAvailability |
based on limited field notes and wordlists
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| documentationStatus |
little-documented
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| endangermentStatus |
possibly endangered
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| hasLinguisticFeature |
shows both unique and contact-induced lexical items
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| hasResearcher |
Lionel M. Bender
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Mauro Tosco → Roger Blench → |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation |
spoken in multilingual environment
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| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Shabo people
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| hasVitalityConcern |
intergenerational transmission uncertain
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| hasWordOrder |
SOV (subject–object–verb) (proposed)
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| ISO639Status |
no ISO 639-3 code as of 2024
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| languageFamilyHypothesis |
Afroasiatic
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Koman → Nilo-Saharan → Surmic → language isolate → |
| languageFamilyStatus |
unclassified language
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| lexicalInfluenceHypothesis |
influenced by Koman languages
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influenced by Surmic languages → |
| linguisticStatus |
poorly described
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| neighboringLanguages |
Koman languages
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Majang language → Surmic languages → |
| phonologicalInfluenceHypothesis |
influenced by neighboring Nilo-Saharan languages
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| regionType |
lowland rainforest area
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| researchPriority |
high for language documentation
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| riskFactor |
pressure from dominant regional languages
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small speaker population → |
| spokenIn |
Ethiopia
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Gambela Region → Sheka Zone → southwestern Ethiopia → |
| writingSystem |
no widely used standardized writing system
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Nilo-Saharan languages
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hasSubfamily |