Shekkacho language

Shekkacho
Spoken in	Ethiopia
Region	North Kafa region
Native speakers	80,200 (2007 census)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Gonga–Gimojan Gonga Kafa–Shekkacho Shekkacho
Writing system	Ethiopic/Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`moy`

Shekkacho (also Mocha, Shakacho, Shekka) is an Afro-Asiatic Omotic language, spoken in the north Kafa region of southwest Ethiopia, in the Maasha area. It is closely related to Kafa.

Notes

^ Ethiopia 2007 Census

Bibliography

Leslau, Wolf. 1958. “Moča, A Tone Language of The Kafa Group in South-Western Ethiopia.” Africa 28: 135-147.
Leslau, Wolf. 1959. A Dictionary of Moča (South-Western Ethiopia). Los Angeles: University of California Press.

External links

Ethnologue information on Shekkacho
World Atlas of Language Structures information on Moca