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Silt'e

የስልጤ

Silt'e is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, by about 935 thousand people.

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Silt'e · 7.8°N 38.1°E

Siltʼe (ስልጥኘ [siltʼiɲɲə] or የስልጤ አፍ [jəsiltʼe af]) is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken in South Ethiopia. A member of the Afroasiatic family, its speakers are the Siltʼe, who mainly inhabit the Siltʼe Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region. Speakers of the Wolane dialect mainly inhabit the Kokir Gedebano district of Gurage Zone, as well as the neighbouring Seden Sodo district of the Oromia Region. Some have also settled in urban areas in other parts of the country, especially Addis Ababa.

From Wikipedia · Siltʼe language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Silt'e

MeaningWordRomanization
eyeinj3r3*
hand3njh*
bloodd3m*
bone3tm*
sking3lb3*
breasttubh*
waterመዪmayi
stoneun*
treeint*
nightsoz3*
dogbuCo*
lousekmal*
one3d*
wei53*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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