Endangered Languages Project - Basketo

Basketo

^{[aka Basketto, Baskatta, Mesketo]}

Classification: Afro-Asiatic

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Basketto, Baskatta, Mesketo
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, Ometo
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bst
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “"Documentation of Baskeet song, verbal art and ceremonial language" HRELP Abstract” . Treis, Yvonne (2011)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~60,000
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

"...endangered literary genres, namely songs, poems, prayers and ceremonial speech, which are being abandoned in the course of rapid socio-cultural changes."

PLACES: Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "...fringes of the Ethiopian highlands in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia (6.34N 36.61 E)"

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
57,800
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
51,097

DATE OF INFO: 1994-1998

LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

6.566667, 36.266667

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Information from: “"Documentation of Baskeet song, verbal art and ceremonial language" HRELP Abstract” . Treis, Yvonne (2011)