Kistane
A language of Ethiopia
| Population | 255,000 (1994 census). Ethnic population: 363,867 (1994 census) including 4,000 Gogot. |
| Region | Gurage, Kambaata, Hadiyya regions, southwest of Addis Ababa. |
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Southwestern Ethiopia, reference number 44 |
| Alternate names | North Gurage, Soddo, Soddo Gurage |
| Dialects | Soddo (Aymallal, Aymellel, Kestane, Kistane), Dobi (Dobbi, Gogot, Goggot). Not intelligible with Silt’e [stv] or Sebat Bet Gurage [sgw]. The Dobi dialect comprehendsion of Soddo is 76%, and Soddo speakers’ of Dobi is 90%. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Outer, n-Group |
| Language use | 60,538 L2 speakers. Some also use Amharic [amh]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 21.5%. |
| Comments | SOV. Christian. |
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