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Native Speakers Worldwide

~500

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Language Information By Source

Africa
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~500

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Ethnic Population

~1000

Non-monolingual speakers

Most

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Location description

Western Ethiopia, west of Dembi-Dollo

Government support

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

Western Ethiopia, west of Dembi-Dollo

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Other languages used

Oromo

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More on context

"Most Anfillo have switched to the Cushitic language (Western) Oromo, which became more and more of a dominant language in the area from the sixteenth century onwards."

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

13,657

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

16226

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

1998

Location and Context

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

500

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

8.5049,34.7415

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Native Speakers Worldwide

500

Domains of Use

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

1000

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Ethiopia;

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

~10,000

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

Most

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Year of info

2002

Location and Context

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Speakers' attitudes

Very positive

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Other languages used

Oromo, Arabic

Domains of other languages

Arabic used in the mosque; Oromo used in town administrative matters

More on context

"All interviewees said that the children in the villages learn Mao as their first language; but that most of them learn Oromo, too, before starting school. [...] When counting, the respondents use Mao only within certain limits: They count up to 10, 20, or 30, and then continue in Oromo. Some count the tens, twenties, or thirties in Mao and add the subtotals in Oromo."

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Native Speakers Worldwide

500

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