Gafatigna

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Gafatigna is another name for the Gafat language, an extinct South Ethio-Semitic language once spoken in Ethiopia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethio-Semitic language
extinct language
language
alternativeName Gafat language
closelyRelatedTo Eastern Gurage languages
linked to: Eastern Gurage

Harari language
country Ethiopia
documentedBy Charles William Isenberg
Wolf Leslau
ethnologueStatus extinct
extinction 19th century
glottocode gafa1246
hasAncestor Proto-Ethio-Semitic language
Proto-Semitic language
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Amharic
Argobba
Gurage languages
hasLinguisticFeature SOV word order
emphatic consonants
root-and-pattern morphology
ISO639-3Code gft
languageBranch South Ethio-Semitic languages
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
languageSubfamily Semitic languages
locatedIn northwestern Ethiopia
southwestern Ethiopia
partOf Ethiopian Semitic languages
linked to: Ethiopian Semitic
region Ethiopian Highlands
spokenBy Gafat people
status extinct
writingSystem Geʽez script

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