Sidamo
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Sidamo is a Cushitic language spoken primarily in southern Ethiopia by the Sidama people.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cushitic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Alaba language
ⓘ
Hadiyya language ⓘ Kambaata language ⓘ Qewena language ⓘ |
| country | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | developing language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Sidama people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Sidama
ⓘ
Sidamu Afoo ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | nominative-accusative alignment ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional varieties within Sidama Zone ⓘ |
| hasGenderDistinction | grammatical gender ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Amharic
ⓘ
Oromo ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
case marking on nouns ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasNumberDistinction | singular and plural ⓘ |
| hasNumeralSystem | decimal numeral system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
tone or pitch accent ⓘ |
| hasPrepositionsOrPostpositions | postpositions ⓘ |
| hasTenseAspectSystem | multiple past and non-past distinctions ⓘ |
| isMediumOf |
Sidama cultural expression
ⓘ
oral literature and folklore of Sidama people ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | sid ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Cushitic ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Afroasiatic
|
| languageSubbranch |
Cushitic
ⓘ
surface form:
Highland East Cushitic
|
| region | southern Ethiopia ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Sidama people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Highland East Cushitic language ⓘ |
| usedBy | several million speakers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education at local level in Sidama region
ⓘ
local media in Sidama region ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Geʽez script
ⓘ
surface form:
Ethiopic script
|
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