Ongota

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A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3
bxe
Alternate Names
Ifa, “Birale” (pej.), “Birelle” (pej.), “Shanqilla” (pej.)
User Population

10 (2007).

Location

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: south Omo zone, 1 village on Weyt’o river west bank.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Unclassified
Typology

SOV; postpositions, genitives follow noun heads, suffixes indicate noun case, verb affixes mark subject, person, number, and gender; passive; causative.

Language Use

Elderly only. Negative attitudes. Shifted to Tsamai [tsb] (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007). Also use Hamer-Banna [amf]. Also use Konso [kxc]. Also use Oromo [orm].

Language Development

Dictionary.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ongota
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].