Also Known As:
Chabu, Shabu, Sabu, Shako, Mekeyer, Mikeyir, Mikair
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Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<600
Native Speakers Worldwide
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
4
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
3
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Tsehay, Kibebe. 2010. ""Documentation and Grammatical Description of the Shabo Language: A Very Endangered Isolate Language of Southwestern Ethiopia" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=234.
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
Tsehay, Kibebe. 2010. ""Documentation and Grammatical Description of the Shabo Language: A Very Endangered Isolate Language of Southwestern Ethiopia" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=234.