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Oyda

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: oyd

Population  16,600 (1994 census). 6,244 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 14,075 (1994 census).
Region  Northwest Omo region, southwest of Sawla.
Language map  Southwestern Ethiopia, reference number 65
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 69% with Wolaytta [wal], 61% with Basketo [bst].
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gimojan, Ometo-Gimira, Ometo, Central
Language use  4,040 L2 speakers. Some also use Wolaytta.
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 19%.
Comments  SOV.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ABEBE, Alemayehu, author. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report on the Ometo dialect of Ethiopia, part II."  Available online

GIRARD, Tim, author. 2002. "Lexico-phonostatistical analysis of Alemayehu Abebe’s Ometo word lists."  Available online