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Argobba is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken in an area north-east of Addis Ababa by the Argobba people. It belongs to the South Ethiopic languages subgroup along with Amharic and the Gurage languages.
| Argobba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Ethnicity | Argobba |
Native speakers | 44,000 (2007 census)[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | agj |
| Glottolog | argo1244 |
| ELP | Argobba |
Writing in the mid-1960s, Edward Ullendorff noted that it "is disappearing rapidly in favour of Amharic, and only a few hundred elderly people are still able to speak it."[2] Today, many Argobba in the Harari Region are shifting to the Oromo language.[3]
The language is spoken in a number of pockets and has at least four regional variations (dialects) in Harar (extinct), Aliyu Amba, Shewa Robit and Shonke.
Notes
- 2007 Census
- Ullendorff, Edward, (1965) The Ethiopians: An Introduction to Country and People, second edition (London: Oxford University Press), pp. 131f. ISBN 0-19-285061-X.
- Kifleyesus, Abbebe. 2006. The Argobba of Ethiopia are not the Language They Speak. Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 9:7-22.
References
- Cohen, Marcel (1931) Études d'éthiopien méridional (Collection d'ouvrages orientaux). Paris: Geuthner.
- Cohen, Marcel (1939) Nouvelles Études d'éthiopien méridional. Paris: Ancienne Honoré Champion.
- Leslau, Wolf (1997) Ethiopic Documents: Argobba. Grammar and dictionary. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 3-447-03955-8.
- Zelealem Leyew and Ralph Siebert (1994) Argobba. S.L.L.E. Linguistic Reports no. 22. Addis Ababa: SIL/Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University.
- Zelealem Leyew, Ralph Siebert (2002), Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Argobba Language of Ethiopia SIL Electronic Survey Reports, SILESR 2002-026 (PDF)
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На других языках
[de] Argobba (Sprache)
Argobba (aʕargobba ʔaf) ist eine äthiosemitische Sprache und bildet mit dem Amharischen eine Gruppe (AA-Gruppe des Transversal-Südäthiosemitisch) innerhalb der südäthiosemitischen Sprachen.- [en] Argobba language
[it] Lingua argobba
L'Argobba è una delle Lingue semitiche dell'Etiopia, parlata dal popolo Argobba, in un'area posta a nord-est di Addis Ababa.[ru] Аргобба (язык)
Язык аргобба ( ዓርጎባ) — язык народа аргобба[2]. Число говорящих на языке аргобба в Эфиопии ок. 44 000 чел. (2007, оценка).Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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