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Argobba

Overview

Language Tag

language script region variant
agi ET  

Detailed Information

Family
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Transversal, Amharic-Argobba
Population
10,900
Alias
N/A
Dialects
Aliyu Amba-Ankober, Shonke-T'allaha, Shagura. The 'purest' Argobba is spoken in Shonke and T'allaha. Lexical similarity: with Amharic [amh] is 74%-83% for the varieties of Aliyu Amba-Ankober and Shagura in the south, 53% for the variety of Shonke-T'allaha in the north.
Writing system
N/A.
Ethnologue https://www.ethnologue.com/language/agi/

Language Features

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The Japan Association for Ethiopian Linguistics

Electronic Journal 'Studies in Ethiopian Languages'

Language Maps on GIS