Concept information
Preferred term
jnjYemsa
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Yemsa is the language of the Yem people of the former Kingdom of Yamma, known as Kingdom of Janjero to the Amhara. It is a member of the Omotic group of languages, most closely related to Kaffa. It is distinctive in having a several levels of lexicon contingent on social hierarchy, rather like Japanese and Javanese. The estimated number of speakers varies wildly from about 1000 (Bender,1976) to half a million (Aklilu, 1993).
Entry terms
- Yemsa language
ISO 639-3 code
- jnj
Notation
- jnj
In other languages
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Yemsa
French
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Yem
German
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/jnj
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