Kachama-Ganjule language
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| Kachama-Ganjule | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia |
| Region | on islands in Lake Chamo and Lake Abaya |
| Native speakers | 2,830 (2007 census)[1] |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kcx |
Kachama-Ganjule is an Afroasiatic language spoken in Ethiopia on islands in Lake Chamo and Lake Abaya. Kachama is spoken on Gidicho island in Lake Abaya, whereas Ganjule was originally spoken on a small island in Lake Chamo. Now the Ganjule speakers have relocated to the west shore of the Lake. There still are about 1000 monolinguals in this language.[2] The language is also called Gats'ame, Get'eme, Gatame and Harro.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] Further reading
- Bender, M. Lionel (2005): Harro Language. in: Uhlig, Siegbert (ed.): Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Vol. 2. Wiesbaden. pp 1037–1038.
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