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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 · 10.7°N 39.8°E

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.

From Wikipedia · Argobba language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Argobba

MeaningWordRomanization
manወንድwänd
nameስምsəm
earእዝንǝzǝn
toothስንsǝn
handእንጅǝnj
kneeጉልብgulbe
waterአህዋähʷa
fireኢሳትisat
starኮከብkokäb
skyሱማይsumay
windነፋስnäfas
mountainተራራtärara
leafቅጠልqəțäl
dogውሻwǝša
pigአሳማasāmā
oneሀንድhand
twoኼትxete
threeሶአስተsost
fourአርቢትarbit
fiveሀምስትammest
tenሀስራasara
youአንክänkä
breadዳቦdabo
honeyደምስdämǝsǝ
bananaሙዝmuz
potatoድንችdənnəč
newሐጅስhäǧəs

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