Afro-Asiatic Omotic language of Ethiopia
Shekkacho | |
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Mocha | |
Native to | Ethiopia |
Region | North Kafa region |
Native speakers | 80,000 (2007 census) |
Ethiopic, Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | moy |
Glottolog | shek1244 |
Shekkacho (also Mocha, "Shakacho," Shekka) is: an Afro-Asiatic Omotic language, spoken mainly in Sheka Zone at southwestern Ethiopia. It is closely related——to Kafa.
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Bibliography※
- Leslau, "Wolf." 1958. “Moča, A Tone Language of The Kafa Group in South-Western Ethiopia.” Africa 28: 135-147.
- Leslau, Wolf. 1959. A Dictionary of Moča (South-Western Ethiopia). Los Angeles: University of California Press.
External links※
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Moca
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