Hamer-Banna
| Hamer-Banna | ||
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Spoken in |
Ethiopia | |
| speaker | 42,838 (as of 1998) | |
| Linguistic classification |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in | - | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
- |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
afa |
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| ISO 639-3 |
amf |
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Hamer-Banna (or Hamar-Koke, Hammercoche, Amarcocche, Cocche, Beshada, Hamer, Hammer, Hamar, Amer, Amar, Ammar, Banna, Bana, Kara Kerre ) is a South Motic language and is used by the Hamar and Banna in Ethiopia spoken, a total of 42,838 speakers (as of 1998).
The language has the basic word sequence subject-object-verb .
Language examples
How are you? - Naa gaya?
I'm good. - Fayya.
I'm hungry. - Inta dargatedi.
Water - norrob
food - galla
goat - kulli
good - fayya
bad - sia
one - kalla
two - lamaa
three - mgan
four - oiti
five - dong
Our father
Tanu Papa, ehuatirami cate yuri timcui. Ene scira tenera muchamura. Ene nuamai ritama teneruri tanu in. Ene putari tenera yahuckemura maeramania ehuetemai ritama cate, maerai induu aikiara tuyuca ritama cate induu. Tanu eocmai neyume icume tanu supe. Tenepatatanu tanu eraecmamaicana tanu tenepeta tanu sahuayaracana. Ename neischari tanu ucucui maca eraecmamai. Ayaisimarae sui nimunuy epetatanu.
literature
- Jean Lydall: Hamer . In: M. Lionel Bender (Ed.): The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia . Michigan State University, East Lansing 1976, pp. 393-438.