Burji language
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| Burji | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia, Kenya |
| Region | South of Lake Chamo |
Native speakers | 70,000 (2007 & 2009 censuses)[1] |
| Ethiopic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bji |
Burji language (alternate names: Bembala, Bambala, Daashi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Burji people who reside in Ethiopia south of Lake Chamo. There are over 46,000 speakers in Ethiopia, and a further 10,400 speakers in Kenya. Burji belongs to the Highland East Cushitic group of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.[2]
The language has the SOV (subject–object–verb) word order common to the Cushitic family. The verb morphology distinguishes passive and middle grammatical voice, as well as causative. Verbal suffixes mark the person, number, and gender of the subject.
Numerals 1-10
- 1. micha
- 2. lama
- 3. fadiya
- 4. foola
- 5. umutta
- 6. liya
- 7. lamala
- 8. hiditta
- 9. wonfa
- 10. tanna
Notes
- ↑ Burji reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ↑ M. Paul Lewis, ed. 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 16th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
References
- Amborn, Hermann, and Alexander Kellner. 1999. "Burji Vocabulary of Cultural Items. An Insight into Burji culture. Based on the field notes of Helmut Straube," Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere 58: 5-67.
- Sasse, Hans-Jürgen. 1982. An Etymological Dictionary of Burji (Kuschitische Sprachstudien 1). Hamburg: Buske. ISBN 3871185612
- Sasse, Hans-Jürgen and Helmut Straube. 1977. "Kultur und Sprache der Burji," Süd-Aethiopien: Ein Abriss, Zur Sprachgeschichte und Ethnohistorie in Afrika. Ed. Wilhelm J. G. Moehlig, Franz Rottland and Bernd Heine. Berlin. Pages 239-266.
- Wedekind, Charlotte. 1985. "Burji verb morphology and morphophonemics," The verb morphophonemics of five highland east Cushitic languages, including Burji. Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere 2. Cologne: Institut für Afrikanistik. Pages 110-145.
- Wedekind, Klaus. 1980. "Sidamo, Darasa (Gedeo), Burji: phonological differences and likenesses," Journal of Ethiopian Studies 14:131-176.
External links
- "Map of Burji", LL-MAP website
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Burji
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