Basketo language

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Basketo
ባስኬ፟ት‎ (Basəke፟tə)
Native to Ethiopia
Ethnicity Basketo
Native speakers
93,000 (2007 census) [1]
Dialects
  • Dokko
  • Dollo
Ge'ez
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bst
Glottolog bask1236
ELP Basketo

Basketo (also known as Basketto, Baskatta, Mesketo, Misketto, and Basketo-Dokka) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the Basketo special woreda of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, which is part of Ethiopia. [1] The speakers refer to the language as "Masketo", while their neighbors refer to it as "Basketo." It has said to consist of two dialects, "Doko" (Dokko) and "Dollo" (Dollo). Besides their mother tongue, some also speak Melo, Oyda, Galila, or Gofa. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Basketo at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. Alemayehu Abebe, "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Mesketo Language of Ethiopia", SIL Electronic Survey Reports SILESR 2002-067.

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