Daasanach language

Daasanach
Spoken in Ethiopia, Kenya
Region Lower Omo River, Lake Turkana
Ethnicity Daasanach
Native speakers 48,000 in Ethiopia  (2007 census)[1]
8,000 in Kenya (1999)[2]
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dsh

Daasanach (also known as Dasenech, Daasanech, Dathanaik, Dathanaic, Dathanik, Dhaasanac, Gheleba, Geleba, Geleb, Gelebinya, Gallab, Galuba, Gelab, Gelubba, Dama, Marille, Merile, Merille, Morille, Reshiat, Russia) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Daasanach in Ethiopia and Kenya whose homeland is along the Lower Omo River and on the shores of Lake Turkana.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
  2. ^ Daasanach language at Ethnologue
  3. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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