Konso language
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| Konso | |
|---|---|
| Konso, Conso, Gato, Af-Kareti, Karate, Kareti | |
| Spoken in | Ethiopia |
| Region | South of Lake Chamo in the bend of the Sagan River |
| Native speakers | 242,059 (2007 census)[1] (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Ethiopic |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kxc |
The Konso language (also Af Kareti, Afa Karatti, Conso, Gato, Karate, Kareti, Komso) is an East Cushitic language spoken in southwest Ethiopia.[2] Native speakers of Konso number about 200,000 (SIL 2005). Konso is closely related to Dirasha (also known as Gidole), and serves as a "trade language"—or lingua franca—beyond the area of the Konso people.
The New Testament was published in the Konso language in 2002.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- Bliese, Loren and Sokka Gignarta. (1986). Konso Exceptions to SOV (subject–object–verb) Typology. Journal of Ethiopian Studies Volume 19:1-40.
- Hellenthal, Anne-Christie (2004): Some Morphosyntactic Aspects of the Konso Language. MA thesis. Leiden University.
- Uusitalo, Mirjami (2007). "Konso language" in Siegbert Uhlig (ed.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica 3, 424-425. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
[edit] External links
- Ethnologue information on Konso
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