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Baiso

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: bsw

Population	1,010 (1995 SIL). Ethnic population: 3,260 (1994 M. Brenzinger).
Region	Halfway between Soddo and Arba Minch, Merab Abaya area, Alge village (390); Gidicho Island, Baiso and Shigima villages (200); Welege Island on Lake Abaya (420), and west shore.
Language map	Southwestern Ethiopia, reference number 10
Alternate names	Alkali, Bayso
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Western Omo-Tana
Language use	Have resisted extinction for at least 1,000 years (Brenzinger, Heine, and Sommer 1991). Most domains. All ages. Youth have better proficiency in Gamo [gmo] or Wolaytta [wal].
Language development	Positive toward the idea of Baiso literature.
Comments	Now the minority in all their locations. SOV. Fishermen; agriculturalists; weavers; hippo hunters.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BRENZINGER, Matthias, author. 1995. "The ‘Islanders’ of Lake Abaya and Lake Chʼamo: Harro, Ganjule, Gatsʼame and Bayso."

BRENZINGER, Matthias, author. 1999. "The "islanders" of Lake Abaya and Lake Chʼamo: Harro, Ganjule, Gatsʼame and Bayso."  

BRENZINGER, Matthias; HOEFT, Lydia; SIEBERT, Ralph, authors. 1994. "Languages of the Abbaya/Chamo area - report part 1, with notes on Koorete."

HOEFT, Lydia; SIEBERT, Ralph, authors. 2001. "Sociolinguistic survey report of the Abbaya/Chamo area of Ethiopia part 1."