• different Sidamo languages suggest that Sidaama is more closely related to the Gedeo language, which it shares a border with to the south, than other Sidamo languages...
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  • 1941 Ethiopian Sidamo, a type of Arabica coffee grown in the area of the former Sidamo Province Sidamo language, an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in parts...
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    Other Afroasiatic languages with a significant number of speakers include the Cushitic Sidamo, Afar, Hadiyya and Agaw languages, as well as the Semitic...
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    Sidamo Province (Amharic: ሲዳሞ) was a province in the southern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Irgalem, and after 1978 at Awasa. It was named...
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    Sidama Region (category Articles containing Sidamo-language text)
    all other ethnic groups made up 2.55% of the population. Sidamo is spoken as a first language by 94.23% of the inhabitants, 2.14% speak Amharic, and 2...
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  • Highland East Cushitic or Burji-Sidamo is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in south-central Ethiopia. They are often grouped with Lowland...
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    Ethiopian cuisine (category CS1 Amharic-language sources (am))
    this tradition called dengesa. The enset plant (called wesse in the Sidamo language) is central to Sidama cuisine and after grinding and fermenting the...
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  • or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
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    Galla-Sidamo Governorate was one of the six governorates of Italian East Africa. It was formed in 1936 from parts of the conquered Ethiopian Empire following...
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    The Cushitic languages with the greatest number of total speakers are Oromo (37 million), Somali (22 million), Beja (3.2 million), Sidamo (3 million),...
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  • Harar, whose name is an exonym). According to Wolf Leslau, Sidamo is the substratum language of Harari and influenced the vocabulary greatly. He identified...
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    same year, he was appointed Shum of Sidamo Province and of Borena Province. He succeeded Birru Wolde Gabriel in Sidamo. In 1933, Ras Desta Damtew traveled...
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  • published in the Gedeo language in 1986, using the Ethiopian syllabary. Gedeo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Wedekind, Klaus. 1980. "Sidamo, Gedeo (Derasa),...
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  • married women speaking Highland East Cushitic languages in southwestern Ethiopia. In Kambaata and Sidamo, this system is called ballishsha, and includes...
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    Sidama people (category Articles containing Amharic-language text)
    be defined as theirs. This group was called the Sidamo cluster in early writings, and the name "Sidamo" was used as a collective for all Cushitic and Omotic...
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    Hawassa (category Articles containing Amharic-language text)
    all other ethnic groups made up 12.45% of the population. Sidamo is spoken as a first language by 47.97% of the inhabitants, 31.01% speak Amharic, 9.58%...
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  • Cushitic languages, including Burji. Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere 2. Cologne: Institut für Afrikanistik. Pages 110–145. Wedekind, Klaus. 1980. "Sidamo, Darasa...
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    Italian Ethiopia (category CS1 Italian-language sources (it))
    Ethiopian Empire which now constituted the Governorates of Amhara, Harar, Galla-Sidamo, and Scioa after the establishment of Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale...
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    use of the Italian language among the country's ruling elite. Until World War II, the Italian language was the only official language of Italian Somaliland...
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    restructured the country and included Welayta as a part of the province of Sidamo. The Welayta were previously known as "Wolamo", although this term is now...
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    Illubabor, on the north by Walega, on the northeast by Shewa, on the east by Sidamo, and on the southeast by Gamu-Gofa. According to legend, ancestors of today's...
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    Balcha Safo (category Articles containing Amharic-language text)
    status of dejazmach. From 1898 to 1908, Balcha was Shum (or governor) of Sidamo province. After the death of Dejazmach Yilma Mekonen in 1907, he became...
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    Kingdom of Jimma (category Articles containing Oromo-language text)
    shared its western border with Limmu-Ennarea, its eastern border with the Sidamo Kingdom of Janjero, and was separated from the Kingdom of Kaffa to the south...
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    Other Afroasiatic languages with a significant number of speakers include the Cushitic Sidamo, Afar, Hadiyya and Agaw languages, as well as the Semitic...
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    Ethiopians (category CS1 Norwegian-language sources (no))
    as the Sidamo occupied the central and southern parts of Ethiopia, making inaugural historical development of Ethiopia. Afro-Asiatic languages were present...
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    Gabi (clothing) (category Articles containing Amharic-language text)
    Economics of Handicrafts in Traditional Societies: An Investigation in Sidamo and Gemu Goffa Province, Southern Ethiopia. Vol. 79. BRILL. p. 89. ISBN 9783803900685...
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    Hararghe (category Articles containing Amharic-language text)
    Somaliland and on the east by Somalia. Originally however Hararghe included the Sidamo, Bale and Arsi Province until Haile Selassie split the provinces. Hararghe...
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    Haile Selassie (category Articles containing Ge'ez-language text)
    studies. In 1907, he was appointed governor over part of the province of Sidamo. It is alleged that during his late teens, Haile Selassie was married to...
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  • Habesha peoples (category Articles containing Ge'ez-language text)
    Sabaeans brought with them South Arabian letters and language, which gradually evolved into the Ge'ez language and Ge'ez script. Linguists have revealed, however...
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    Oromia (category CS1 Oromo-language sources (om))
    Province along with portions of the former Bale, Illubabor, Kaffa, Shewa and Sidamo provinces.[citation needed] Oromia shares a boundary with almost every region...
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