Hadiyya

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A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3
hdy
Alternate Names
Adea, Adiya, Adiye, Hadia, Hadiya, Hadya
Autonym
Hadiyyisa
User Population

1,991,000, all users. L1 users: 1,840,000 (2018). L2 users: 151,000. 595,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 1,840,000 (2018).

Location

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: Gurage, Hadiyya, and Kambaata zones, between Omo and Billate rivers, Hosaina town area; Oromia region: east Shewa zone.

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Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Highland
Dialects

Leemo, Soro. Lexical similarity: 82% with Libido [liq], 56% with Kambaata [ktb], 54% with Alaba-Kabeena [alw], 53% with Sidamo [sid].

Typology

SOV; passive, reflexive, causative, middle verbs.

Language Use

Also use Amharic [amh]. Used as L2 by Mesmes [mys].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 34%. Taught in primary and secondary schools through grade 4 and as subject thereafter. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1992.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Hadiyya
Writing

Ethiopic script [Ethi], used in Church literature. Latin script [Latn], official usage.

Other Comments

Christian, Muslim.