Kacipo-Balesi language
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| Kacipo-Balesi | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | South Sudan, Ethiopia |
| Region | Ethiopian–South Sudanese border, Boma Plateau in South Sudan |
| Native speakers | 12,000 (10,000 in South Sudan,[1] 2,400 in Ethiopia[2]) (date missing) |
| Language family |
Nilo-Saharan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | koe |
The Kacipo-Balesi language (also Silmamo, Tsilmamo, Zelmamu, Zilmamu, Zulmamu) is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Baale and Zilmamu people of Ethiopia and the Kacipo of South Sudan. It is a member of the Surmic cluster. There are three main dialects: Balesi (Baale), Kacipo, and Zilmamu.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Kacipo-Balesi entry in Ethnologue
- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] Further reading
- Arensen, Jonathan E. 1989. On comparing language relationships: a case study of Murle, Kacipo, and Tirma. Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 6: 67-76.
- Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. (2003): Baale Language. in: Uhlig, Siegbert (ed.): Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz. pp 423–424.
- Möller, Mirjam (2009): Vowel Harmony in Bale - A Study of ATR Harmony in a Surmic Language of Ethiopia. BA thesis. University of Stockholm.
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