Disambiguation evidence for Shabo language (proposed) via surface form

"Shabo language"


As subject (45)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Shabo language".

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