Shekkacho language

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The Shekkacho language is an Afroasiatic Omotic language spoken primarily by the Shekka people in the Sheka Zone of southwestern Ethiopia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Shakacho language 1
Shinasha language 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Omotic language
language
belongsTo Sheka Zone linguistic area NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Ethiopia
ethnicGroup Shekka people NERFINISHED
glottologCode shek1245
glottologName Shekkacho
hasAlternativeName Mocha
Shakacho NERFINISHED
Shakacho Shekka NERFINISHED
Shekka NERFINISHED
hasDomain home and community communication in Sheka Zone
hasEndangermentStatus minority language in Ethiopia
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order (subject–object–verb)
agglutinative morphology
tonal language
hasMorphologicalFeature derivational verbal morphology
suffixal inflection
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
rich consonant inventory
hasScript Geʽez script NERFINISHED
hasSociolinguisticSituation used alongside Amharic in many domains
hasStatus regional language in Ethiopia
iso639-3Code moy
isPartOf Southern Omotic languages (as often classified) NERFINISHED
isSpokenNativelyBy Shekka people NERFINISHED
languageBranch Omotic NERFINISHED
languageFamily Afroasiatic NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguages Bench language
Dizi language NERFINISHED
Kafa language NERFINISHED
Yemsa language NERFINISHED
primaryRegion Sheka Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region NERFINISHED
region southwestern Ethiopia
spokenBy Shekka people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ethiopia NERFINISHED
Sheka Zone NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Omotic branch of the Afroasiatic language family
usedIn local administration in parts of Sheka Zone
local education in parts of Sheka Zone
writingSystem Ethiopic script NERFINISHED

Referenced by (4)

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

Sheka Zone hasLanguage Shekkacho language
Berta languages hasMember Shekkacho language
this entity surface form: Shinasha language
North Omotic hasLanguage Shekkacho language
North Omotic hasLanguage Shekkacho language
this entity surface form: Shakacho language