- Saho language
language
name=Saho
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Eritrea ,Ethiopia
region=southern Eritrea and neighboring Ethiopia
speakers=202,759
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Cushitic
fam3=East
fam4=Saho-Afar
iso3=ssyThe Saho language is a Cushitic language of
Eritrea , spoken in the middle of the country. Their territory is bounded by the bay ofArafali in the east, the Laasi Ghedé valleys in the south, theEritrea highlands to the west (Akele-Guzai, Shimezana). It borders Tigre on the west and its close relative Afar on the east. It has four main dialects: Toroa, Assaorta, Minifero, and Irob. It has about 200,000 speakers. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]It is so closely related to Afar that some regard them as dialects of a single "
Saho-Afar language ".External links
* [http://llacan.cnrs-bellevue.fr/ENGLISH/Rech/Langues/saho.htm Saho -LLACAN] (with map)
* [http://www.rosettaproject.org/archive/ssy Saho - Rosetta Project]Notes
References
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ssy Ethnologue entry for Saho]
Further reading
* William E. Welmers. 1952. "Notes on the structure of Saho," "Word" 8:145-162.
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