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jnjYemsa  

Tipo

  • Language

Definição

  • 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).

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  • Yemsa language

Código ISO 639-3

  • jnj

Notação

  • jnj

Termos equivalentes

  • Yem

    alemão

  • Yemsa

    francês

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/jnj

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