Dime
PrintA language of Ethiopia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Dima
Population
574 (2007 census), decreasing.
Location
Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), north of Omo river, just before it turns south.
Language Maps
Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Dialects
Lexical similarity: 47% with Hamer-Banna [amf].
Typology
SOV
Language Use
529 L2 speakers. Not bilingual in neighboring languages, except possibly Aari [aiw].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%.
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.
Population diminished through disease and war.