| Shekkacho | |
|---|---|
| Shekki noono | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | North Kafa region |
Native speakers | 80,000 (2007 census)[1] |
| Ethiopic, Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | moy |
| Glottolog | shek1244 |
Shekkacho (also Shakacho, Shekka; the name "Mocha", common in older descriptions, is seen as derogatory[2]) is an Afro-Asiatic Omotic language, spoken mainly in Sheka Zone at southwestern Ethiopia. It is most closely related to Kafa.
Notes
- Ethiopia 2007 Census
- Haasnoot, Jacob (2010). "Šakačo". In Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro (eds.). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Vol. 4. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
Bibliography
- Leslau, Wolf. 1958. “Moča, A Tone Language of The Kafa Group in South-Western Ethiopia.” Africa 28: 135-147.
- Leslau, Wolf. 1959. A Dictionary of Moča (South-Western Ethiopia). Los Angeles: University of California Press.
External links
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Moca