Basketo

Basketo is a Ta-Ne-Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia, by about 92.6 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Basketo · 6.5°N 36.6°E

Basketo (also known as Basketto, Baskatta, Mesketo, Misketto, and Basketo-Dokka) is an Omotic language spoken in the Basketo special woreda of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, which is part of Ethiopia. The speakers refer to the language as "Masketo", while their neighbors refer to it as "Basketo." It has said to consist of two dialects, "Doko" (Dokko) and "Dollo" (Dollo). Besides their mother tongue, some also speak Melo, Oyda, Galila, or Gofa.

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Words in Basketo

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	ase*
name	sumsa*
eye	af*
ear	woci*
nose	sinc*
tooth	aCi*
tongue	inc3rs*
hand	kuS*
blood	suca*
bone	mikEc*
skin	g3ma*
knee	buka*
breast	ama*
liver	may3z*
water	watsi
fire	tama*
sun	awa*
star	colinta*
stone	SuCa*
mountain	3nda*
tree	mic*
leaf	Sita*
night	kama*
dog	kana*
fish	mola*
louse	CuCa*
one	fEtEn*
two	nam7e*
I	tana*
you	nena*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Most similar languages

Vocabulary

OydaTa-Ne-Omotic49% alike
DorzeTa-Ne-Omotic48% alike
DawroTa-Ne-Omotic48% alike
KooreteTa-Ne-Omotic43% alike
GamoTa-Ne-Omotic43% alike
Male (Ethiopia)Ta-Ne-Omotic38% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

Chara Melo Gayil Dime Oyda Nayi Gofa Aari Dawro Male (Ethiopia)

Elsewhere

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