Daatsʼíin

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A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3
dtn
Alternate Names
Sa-Daatsʼíin
User Population

300 (2015 C. Ahland).

Location

Amhara region: Qwara district, small villages in Mahadid K’ebele; Benishangul-Gumuz region: Guba district, villages in Aynshemsh K’ebele.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, B’aga
Dialects

Low mutual intelligibility with Gumuz [guk]. Lexical similarity: 86% with Gumuz [guk] (southern dialects).

Typology

SVO; incorporated prepositions; tense and aspect marked in verb; active, passive, middle voice; 33 consonants and 5 vowels; tonal (high, low); inclusive/exclusive pronouns.

Language Use

Home, community. Used by all. Most also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. Many also use Gumuz [guk]. Also use Amharic [amh].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Daatsʼíin
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Muslim.