Shakacho language

Shekkacho
Shekkacho
Shekki noono
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	North Kafa region
Native speakers	80,000 (2007 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Gonga Kafa–Shekkacho Shekkacho; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Ethiopic, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	moy
Glottolog	shek1244

Shekkacho (also Shakacho, Shekka; the name "Mocha", common in older descriptions, is seen as derogatory²) is an Afro-Asiatic Omotic language, spoken mainly in Sheka Zone at southwestern Ethiopia. It is most closely related to Kafa.

Notes

Ethiopia 2007 Census
Haasnoot, Jacob (2010). "Šakačo". In Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro (eds.). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Vol. 4. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.

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

World Atlas of Language Structures information on Moca

[1] Ethiopia 2007 Census

[2] Haasnoot, Jacob (2010). "Šakačo". In Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro (eds.). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Vol. 4. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.

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