Sidamo language
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| Sidamo Sidámo 'Afó |
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| Spoken in: | Ethiopia | |
| Region: | Africa | |
| Total speakers: | approximately 1.9 million | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Cushitic East Sidamo |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | sid | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | sid | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Sidamo is an Afro-Asiatic language, belonging to the Cushitic sub-phylum. It is spoken in parts of southern Ethiopia.
The term Sidamo has also been used by some authors to refer to larger groupings of East Cushitic and even Omotic languages.
Sidamo vocabulary has been influenced by Ge'ez and Amharic, and has in turn influenced Oromo vocabulary.
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[edit] References
[edit] Grammars
- Abebe Gebre-Tsadik (1982) Derived nominals in Sidamo. B.A. thesis, Addis Ababa University. Addis Ababa.
- Anbessa Teferra (1984) Sidamo verb morphology. B.A. thesis, Addis Ababa University. Addis Ababa.
- Anbessa Teferra (2000) A grammar of Sidaama. Doctoral dissertation. Jerusalem, Israel: The Hebrew University.
- Cerulli, Enrico (1938) La Lingua e la Storia del Sidamo (Studi Etiopici II). Rome: Istituto per l’Oriente.
- Cohen, Marcel (1927) "Du verbe sidama (dans le groupe couchitique)", in: Bulletin de la Société de la Linguistique de Paris 83, pp. 169-200.
- Gasparini, Armido (1978) Grammatica Practica della Lingua Sidamo. Awasa (Mimeographed: 127 pp.).
- Moreno, Martino Mario (1940) Manuale di Sidamo. Milan: Mondadori. (This is apparently available at least in parts on the Rosetta Project site.)
[edit] Dictionaries
- Gasparini, Armido (1983) Sidamo-English dictionary. Bologna, Italy: E.M.I.
- Hudson, Grover (1989) Highland East Cushitic Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien 7). Hamburg: Buske.
- Sileshi Worqineh and Yohannis Latamo (1995) Sidaamu-Amaaru-Ingilizete Afii Qaalla Taashsho [Sidaama-Amharic-English Dictionary]. Awasa: Sidaamu Zoone Wogattenna Isporte Biddishsha [Sidaama Zone Sports and Culture Department].
[edit] Bible translations
- British and Foreign Bible Society (1933) St. Mark’s Gospel in Sidamo. London.
- Ethiopian Bible Society (1984) HaÌro GondoÌro [New Testament of Sidamo]. Addis Ababa.
[edit] External links
- Bibliography of Highland East Cushitic by Grover Hudson at the Michigan State University website.
- Ethnologue report on Sidamo
- PanAfrican L10n page on Sidamo
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