Gafat
E806189
Gafat is an extinct South Ethio-Semitic language once spoken in parts of Ethiopia.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South Ethio-Semitic language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Amharic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gurage languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Harari language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Wolf Leslau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionCause | language shift to Amharic ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Gojjam region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
areas along the Blue Nile in Ethiopia ⓘ southwestern Shoa ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Gafat language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Gäfat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
emphatic consonants
ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ verb conjugation based on person, number, and gender ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
fusional
ⓘ
nonconcatenative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive gemination
ⓘ
tri-consonantal roots ⓘ |
| hasSourceType |
grammatical notes
ⓘ
texts ⓘ wordlists ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
reconstruction of Proto-Ethio-Semitic
ⓘ
study of language death in Ethiopia ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | gft ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Ethio-Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup | South Ethio-Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastSpeakersRecorded | 20th century ⓘ |
| region | southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ |
| researchField |
Afroasiatic studies
ⓘ
Semitic linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Gafat people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Ethio-Semitic language ⓘ Semitic language ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Geʽez script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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