Basketo

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Baskatta, Basketo-Dokka, Basketto, Mesketo, Misketto

Population

101,560, all users. L1 users: 92,600 (2007 census). L2 users: 8,960. 42,800 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 78,300 (2007 census).

Location

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: north Omo zone, plateau west of Bulki.

Language Maps

Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 61% with Oyda [oyd].

Typology

SOV.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Taught in primary schools as a subject in grades 1–2 and in science as medium of instruction in grades 1–3. NT: 2014.

Language Resources

Writing

Ethiopic script [Ethi].

Other Comments

Christian.