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Native Speakers Worldwide

~4,000

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Language Information By Source

Africa
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~4,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Second-language speakers and learners

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Other languages used

Amharic, Oromo

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

19,734

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

32660

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

1998

Location and Context

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

19,878

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

10.3581,35.0024

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

19,900

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

32,894

Non-monolingual speakers

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No data

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Ethiopia;

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

20,000

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Ethnic Population

40000

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More about speakers

"Š. [Shinasha] (also known as Boro, self-name: Bòrná) is an Omotic language (Gonga language family) spoken by ca. 20,000 people (1998 Census) in the south-west Amhara region."

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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Script (Writing system)

Latin script

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Other languages used

Gumuz; Awŋi; Oromiffaa; Amharic; Oromo

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

10.4166666667,36.1666666667

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