Konso language

Konso language
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
Afro-Asiatic
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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
  2. ^ 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.

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