Kafa language
| Kafa | |
|---|---|
| Kafi noono | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | in Keffa Zone |
Native speakers | 830,000 (2007 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
kbr |
| Glottolog |
kafa1242[2] |
Kafa or Kefa (Kafi noono) is an Afroasiatic language spoken in Ethiopia at the Keffa Zone.
A collection of proverbs in the language has been published by Mesfin Wodajo.[3]
References
- ↑ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kafa". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ 2012. Functions and Formal and Stylistic Features of Kafa Proverbs: Functional and Structural Approach. Lambert Academic Publishing.
Further reading
- Brockelmann, Carl (1950): Zur Grammatik der Kafa-Sprache. in: Brockelmann, Carl (ed.): Abbessinische Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Leipzig. pp 40–60.
- Cerulli, Enrico (1951), Studi etiopici. Vol. IV: La lingua Caffina. Roma: Istituto Per L'oriente.
- Fleming, Harold C. (1976), "Kefa (Gonga) Languages", in The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. Bender, M. L. (ed.)
External links
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Kefa
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