Burji language
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| Burji | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia, Kenya |
| Region | South of Lake Chamo |
| Native speakers |
46,419 in Ethiopia[1] 10,400 in Kenya[2] (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Ethiopic |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bji |
Burji language (alternate names: Bembala, Bambala, Daashi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Burji people who reside in Ethiopia south of Lake Chamo. There are over 46,000 speakers in Ethiopia, and a further 10,400 speakers in Kenya. Burji belongs to the Highland East Cushitic group of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.[3]
The language has the SOV (subject–object–verb) word order common to the Cushitic family. The verb morphology distinguishes passive and middle grammatical voice, as well as causative. Verbal suffixes mark the person, number, and gender of the subject.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ^ Burji entry in Ethnologue
- ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 16th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] References
- Ethnologue entry for Burji
- Amborn, Hermann, and Alexander Kellner. 1999. "Burji Vocabulary of Cultural Items. An Insight into Burji culture. Based on the field notes of Helmut Straube," Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere 58: 5-67.
- Sasse, Hans-Jürgen. 1982. Etymological Dictionary of Burji (Kuschitische Sprachstudien 1). Hamburg: Buske.
- Sasse, Hans-Jürgen and Helmut Straube. 1977. "Kultur und Sprache der Burji," Süd-Aethiopien: Ein Abriss, Zur Sprachgeschichte und Ethnohistorie in Afrika. Ed. Wilhelm J. G. Moehlig, Franz Rottland and Bernd Heine. Berlin. Pages 239-266.
- Wedekind, Charlotte. 1985. "Burji verb morphology and morphophonemics," The verb morphophonemics of five highland east Cushitic languages, including Burji. Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere 2. Cologne: Institut für Afrikanistik. Pages 110-145.
- Wedekind, Klaus. 1980. "Sidamo, Darasa (Gedeo), Burji: phonological differences and likenesses," Journal of Ethiopian Studies 14:131-176.
[edit] External links
- Information on the Linguist list
- "Map of Burji", LL-MAP website
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Burji
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