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A grammar of Sheko
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"The Sheko (ʂókú yaab ‘Sheko people’) number about 37.500 people..."

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2010

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Spoken in in the hills of southwest Ethiopia, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region, in the Sheko and Guraferda wärädas (Bench-Maji Zone) as well as in Tepi and the surrounding villages (Yeki wäräda, Sheka Zone).

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7o 03'24.36" N, 35o30'03.68"E

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Government developing education materials through Latin-based orthography.

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Positive Attitude

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Latin

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Amharic and Benchnon

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"In 2006, there were about seventeen schools in the Sheko wäräda (district), of which only one 35 provided classes till grade 10, four till grade 8. Sheko is not used as language of instruction; there are almost no Sheko teachers. Few Sheko continue their study on higher levels.There is a high grade of bilingualism in the languages mentioned: although only 30% or less of the children go to school, almost all people, except elderly and some women, speak Amharic to a fair degree. Especially in towns, the children start learning Amharic when they are still young, if not in school then from playmates...Recently, the zonal government has expressed a wish to develop mothertongue education materials for Sheko. In 2009, a trial orthography was accepted. This development may strengthen the position of the Sheko language in the future" (35)

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23772

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1998

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40,000

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23,785

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"13,611 monolinguals (1994 census)." Data for the ethnic population is from the 1994 census.

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2009

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2012

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7.463219,35.452667

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Year of info

1993

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The Kebeles of the Sheko District: Selale, Shaita, Gaizek'a, Bainek'a, Gotek'a, Shashek'a, Boita, Bardik'a, Itek'a, Machuk'a, Gufik'a, Gomuk'a, Muruntse, Jenjek'a, Donji, Bonki, Jabi, Aibera, Weshek'a, Bajek'a, Gezemerata, Shimi, Jemdose, Sank'a, Worgu

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"The Sheko District consists of the administrative centre Sheko town and twenty-five K'ebeles. Only four K'ebeles (Bainek'a, Gaizek'a, Gufik'a, Gotek'a) are inhabited by Sheko people alone. The other K'ebeles also have citizens from the Amhara, Bench, Gurage, Kefa, and Tigre areas."

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"The Sheko District consists of the administrative centre Sheko town and twenty-five K'ebeles. Only four K'ebeles (Bainek'a, Gaizek'a, Gufik'a, Gotek'a) are inhabited by Sheko people alone. The other K'ebeles also have citizens from the Amhara, Bench, Gurage, Kefa, and Tigre areas."

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    Hellenthal, Anne-Christie. 2010. "A Grammar of Sheko." Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics.
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