Endangered Languages Project - Bussa

Bussa

^{[aka Muusiye, Mossiya, Mossittaata]}

Classification: Afro-Asiatic

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Muusiye, Mossiya, Mossittaata, Dobase, D'oopace, D'opaasunte, Lohu, Mossiye, Mosiye, Musiye, Gobeze, Gowase, Goraze, Orase, Gowaze, North Bussa
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, Lowland East Cushitic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dox
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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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
~1,500
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "The Bussa are abandoning their language in favour of other Cushitic languages such as Oromo and Konso, which are the dominant languages of the area."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,620
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
9,207

DATE OF INFO: 1994

PLACES: Ethiopia;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,624
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,624
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing