Arbore language
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| Arbore | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia |
| Region | extreme southwest, Omo region |
| Native speakers | 7,210 (2007 census)[1] |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | arv |
Arbore is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southern Ethiopia in a few settlements of Hamer Bena woreda near Lake Chew Bahir.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ 2007 Census
- ^ Klaus Wedekind, "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Languages of the Gawwada, Tsamay and Diraasha Areas with Excursions to Birayle (Ongota) and Arbore (Irbore) Part II" SIL Electronic Survey Reports SILESR 2002-066. Includes a word-list of Arbore with 320 entries.
[edit] Further reading
- Dick Hayward. 1984. The Arbore Language: A First Investigation (including a vocabulary). Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag.
[edit] External links
- Ethnologue entry for Arbore
- "Map of the Arbore language", LL-Map website
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Arbore
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