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Bambassi

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: myf

Population	5,000 (1982 SIL).
Region	Benishangul-Gumuz region, Bambassi area and Didessa River Valley.
Language map	Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia, reference number 11
Alternate names	Amam, Bambeshi, Didessa, Fadiro, Northern Mao, Siggoyo
Dialects	Didessa, Bambassi. Lexical similarity: 31% with other Omotic languages, 17% with Hozo-Sezo [hoz] (Bender 1983).
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Mao, East
Language use	Attitudes toward Oromo vary. Some also use Oromo [hae]; almost none use Amharic [amh].
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 5.3%.
Comments	SOV. Muslim, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AHLAND, Michael Bryan, author. 2009. "Aspects of Northern Mao (Bambassi-Diddesa) phonology."  

DAVIS, Angela; JORDAN, Linda; MOHAMMED, Hussein, authors. 2011. "A Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Northern Mao, Kwama, and Komo Speech Varieties of Western Ethiopia."  

SIEBERT, Kati; SIEBERT, Ralph; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report on languages of the Asosa - Begi - Komosha area part 1."  

SIEBERT, Ralph; WEDEKIND, Charlotte; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 1994. "Third S. L. L. E. survey on languages of the Begi/Asosa area."

SIEBERT, Ralph; WEDEKIND, Charlotte; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 2002. "Third S.L.L.E. survey on languages of the Begi/Asosa area."  

WEDEKIND, Charlotte; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report of the Asosa - Begi - Komosha area: part II."