Konso (language)

Konso
Spoken in	Ethiopia
speaker	247,660
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asian languages Cushitic languages East Cushite languages Lowland Eastern Cushite languages Oromoid Konso gidols Konso
Language codes
ISO 639 -1	-
ISO 639 -2	-
ISO 639-3	kxc

Konso (Komso, Conso, also known as Af Kareti , Afa Karatti , Duuro , Fasha , Gato , Karate , Karatti , Kareti and Kholme ) is a lowland East Cushitic language that is mainly spoken in southwest Ethiopia . It has 247,660 speakers and is not at risk.

There is no standard script for the language, which is why there is text written in both the Ethiopian script and the Latin script .

Examples

Konso (Latin script)	German
ikka kiine 'Ha awsee aayyaaʛ ʛeetti ka luʛʛisa piɗɗiteeyye anka piʃaaʔ ʔanninnooyye, iʃeennaʔ ʔiʛeetti ka kulpaawuppah hooffaa ʛuʔti ka inantaaɗiʔ a feyyaáɗ ɗaassi.	And she said: "You know, when mother bought the skin coat that day and we wanted to fetch water, she gave me a calabash with holes and her daughter one in good condition."
iʃeeɗɗaa oorine karmaa ana akkay ka ɗeyay ka kiine 'Kin ɗamam irroota sakaliʔ ʔanan anta ka a kunɗattatiʔ ʔana lekkissa?'	And then a lion saw me and came and said, "Should I climb up or do you come down and carry me over nine mountains and let me down on the tenth?"
ikka kiine 'Kuliʔ ʔinantaaynu aytamut tikupa ɗeʔta ka inu tooyyita?'	And he said, "So, sister, when are you going to come home and visit us?"

literature

• A Grammar of Konso , Ongaye Oda Orkaydo (2013), ISBN 978-94-6093-109-3 , available online (PDF; 1.4 MB) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ OLAC resources in and about the Konso language. Accessed July 10, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Konso. In: Glottolog. Accessed July 10, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Konso. In: Ethnologue . Accessed July 10, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Orkaydo, Ongaye Oda: A grammar of Konso . 2013, ISBN 978-94-6093-109-3 , pp. 2 (English).