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ALSO KNOWN AS		Dime, Dima, Dimme
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, South Omotic
ORTHOGRAPHY		None
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dim
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Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~5,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
6,197

DATE OF INFO: 1994

PLACES: Ethiopia;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,501
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,501
Native speakers worldwide

Ethnic population
2,218

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~2,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1995

DOMAINS OF USE

MORE ON VITALITY

"Dime consider themselves as being 'a
dying nation.'"

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Amharic

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Dime people use their language in all areas of daily life [...] language use seems stable."

Scripts (Writing system)

None

PLACES: North Omo administrative region

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,501
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
6189

DATE OF INFO: 1994

	SIL electronic survey reports (SILESR), #2002-043		2002	Sociolinguistic survey report on the Dime language of Ethiopia		13	Earlier version appeared 1995 as “A survey of the Dimé language” in «SLLE (Survey of little-known languages of Ethiopia) linguistic reports», v. 31.		SIL International						Siebert, Ralph	Siebert, Ralph. 2002. "Sociolinguistic Survey Report On the Dime Language of Ethiopia." 13. SIL International.	EBALL		~2,000	1995	1000-9999	Amharic	"Dime people use their language in all areas of daily life [...] language use seems stable."	Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Dime consider themselves as being 'a dying nation.'"	11	North Omo administrative region
0199255911			2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures				Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press		New York					2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.												6.16666666667,36.25
	SIL electronic survey reports (SILESR), #2002-029		2002	Sociolinguistic survey report of the Chara, Dime, Melo and Nayi languages of Ethiopia		11	Earlier version appeared 1995 as “Survey of Chara, Dime, Melo and Nayi” in «SLLE (Survey of little-known languages of Ethiopia) linguistic reports», v. 25.		SIL International	pt. 1					Aklilu, Yilma and Siebert, Ralph	Aklilu, Yilma and Ralph Siebert. 2002. "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Chara, Dime, Melo and Nayi Languages of Ethiopia." pt. 1: 11. SIL International.	EBALL	2,218
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis	SIL International		Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	6,197	6,500	1994	1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Ethiopia;
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing		Paris			http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		6,501		1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				5.9548,36.2988
			1998	1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia, Results at Country Level			Reproduced online by Hudson, 2006		Central Statistical Office	1	Addis Ababa	Office of Population and Housing Census Commission		https://www.msu.edu/~hudson/Ethlgslist.htm		1998. "1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia, Results At Country Level." 1: Central Statistical Office. Online: https://www.msu.edu/~hudson/Ethlgslist.htm.		6189	6,501	1994	1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			6,501		1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
9780700711970			2007	Africa	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages			Christopher Moseley	Routledge				7		Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz	Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.			~5,000		1000-9999	Amharic, Aari		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Dimé

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,501

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,501

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,501

Discussion

Dimé

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,501

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,501

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,501

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