Argobb language (ዓርጎባ) is the language of the Argobb people [2] . The number of Argobb speakers in Ethiopia is approx. 44,000 people (2007, estimate).
| Argobb's tongue | |
|---|---|
| Self name | ዓርጎባ |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Regions | Addis Ababa , Afar |
| Total number of speakers | 44000 |
| Status | |
| Classification | |
| Category | African languages |
Afrasian macro family
| |
| Writing | Ethiopian writing |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | agj |
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Description
The Argobba language is spoken by about 40,000 people living in the area northeast of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. This language belongs to the southern Ethiopian branch of the Ethiosemitic languages (along with Amharic and Guraga ).
Classification
The Argobb language is one of the Ethiosemitic languages (southern subgroup) included in the Semitic group .
Dialects
For a long time it was believed that the Argobb language is a dialect of the Amharic language, but now it is classified as a separate language. Argobba consists of four main dialects: Garer (dead), Aliyah Amba, Sheva works and Schonke.
Nowadays, there is a transition of native speakers of the Argobb language to the use of Oromo [3] and Amharic, which are enough [ clarify ] related [4] .
Writing
For writing in Argobb, the Ethiopian script is used. The spelling in the language of argobba is from left to right [5] .
| ä | u | i | a | e | ə | o | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ɦ | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ |
| l | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ |
| ħ | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ |
| m | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ |
| ɬ | ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ |
| r | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ |
| s | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ |
| ʃ | ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ |
| qʼ | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ |
| b | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ |
| t | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ |
| ʧ | ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ |
| χ | ኀ | ኁ | ኂ | ኃ | ኄ | ኅ | ኆ |
| n | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ |
| ɲ | ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ |
| ʔ | አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ |
| k | ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ |
| x | ኸ | ኹ | ኺ | ኻ | ኼ | ኽ | ኾ |
| w | ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ |
| ʢ | ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ |
| z | ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ |
| ʒ | ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ |
| j | የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ |
| d | ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ |
| ʤ | ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ |
| g | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ |
| tʼ | ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ |
| ʧʼ | ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ |
| pʼ | ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ |
| ʦʼ | ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ |
| ƛʼ | ፀ | ፁ | ፂ | ፃ | ፄ | ፅ | ፆ |
| ɸ | ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ |
| p | ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ |
Literature
- Cohen, Marcel (1931) Études d'éthiopien meridional (Collection d'ouvrages orientaux). Paris: Geuthner.
- Cohen, Marcel (1939) Nouvelles Études d'éthiopien méridional. Paris: Ancienne Honoré Champion.
- Leslau, Wolf (1997) Ethiopic Documents: Argobba. Grammar and dictionary. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 3-447-03955-8 .
- Zelealem Leyew and Ralph Siebert (1994) Argobba. SLLE Linguistic Reports no. 22. Addis Ababa: SIL / Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University.
- Zelealem Leyew, Ralph Siebert (2002), Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Argobba Language of Ethiopia SIL Electronic Survey Reports, SILESR 2002-026
Notes
- ↑ UNESCO Red Book of Languages
- ↑ Schaeo EFIOSEMITSKI MOVI - USE (Universal dictionary-encyclopedia) - Dictionaries - Slovopediya . slovopedia.org.ua. Date of treatment February 1, 2018.
- ↑ Kifleyesus, Abbebe. 2006. The Argobba of Ethiopia are not the Language They Speak. Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 9: 7-22. .
- ↑ Edward Ullendorff, (1965) The Ethiopians: An Introduction to Country and People, second edition (London: Oxford University Press), pp. 131f. ISBN 0-19-285061-X . .
- ↑ Argobba alphabet and pronunciation . www.omniglot.com. Date of treatment February 1, 2018.