Argobba
Argobba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, by about 43.7 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Argobba is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken in several districts of Afar, Amhara, and Oromia regions of Ethiopia by the Argobba people. It belongs to the South Ethiopic languages subgroup, and is closely related to Amharic.
Writing in the mid-1960s, Edward Ullendorff noted that it "is disappearing rapidly in favour of Amharic, and only a few hundred elderly people are still able to speak it." Today, many Argobba in the Harari Region are shifting to the Oromo language. Those in the Ankober district speak the Amharic language.
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Words in Argobba
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | ወንድ | wänd |
| name | ስም | səm |
| ear | እዝን | ǝzǝn |
| tooth | ስን | sǝn |
| hand | እንጅ | ǝnj |
| knee | ጉልብ | gulbe |
| water | አህዋ | ähʷa |
| fire | ኢሳት | isat |
| star | ኮከብ | kokäb |
| sky | ሱማይ | sumay |
| wind | ነፋስ | näfas |
| mountain | ተራራ | tärara |
| leaf | ቅጠል | qəțäl |
| dog | ውሻ | wǝša |
| pig | አሳማ | asāmā |
| one | ሀንድ | hand |
| two | ኼት | xete |
| three | ሶአስተ | sost |
| four | አርቢት | arbit |
| five | ሀምስት | ammest |
| ten | ሀስራ | asara |
| you | አንክ | änkä |
| bread | ዳቦ | dabo |
| honey | ደምስ | dämǝsǝ |
| banana | ሙዝ | muz |
| potato | ድንች | dənnəč |
| new | ሐጅስ | häǧəs |
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