Burji language (alternate names: ''Bembala, Bambala, Daashi'') is an
Afro-Asiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic s ...
language spoken by the
Burji people who reside in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
south of
Lake Chamo
Lake Chamo (Amharic: ቻሞ ሐይቅ) is a lake in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of southern Ethiopia. Located in the Main Ethiopian Rift, it is at an elevation of 1,110 meters. The Chamo lake is just to the south of ...
. There are over 49,000 speakers in Ethiopia, and a further 36,900 speakers in
Kenya
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. Burji belongs to the
Highland East Cushitic
Highland East Cushitic, or Sidamic, is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in south-central Ethiopia. They are often grouped with Lowland East Cushitic, Dullay, and Yaaku as ''East Cushitic'', but that group is not well defined ...
group of the
Cushitic
The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic languages to the north in Egypt and the Sudan, and to the south in Kenya and Tanzania. As o ...
branch of the
Afro-Asiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic s ...
family.
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The language has the SOV (subject–object–verb) word order common to the Cushitic family. The verb morphology distinguishes passive and middle grammatical voice, as well as causative. Verbal suffixes mark the person, number, and gender of the subject.
The New Testament was published in the Burji language in 1993. A collection of Burji proverbs, translated into English, French, and Swahili, is available on the Web.][Angelique Chelo. 2016. A COLLECTION OF 100 BURJI PROVERBS AND WISE SAYINGS]
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Numerals 1-1000
* 1. ''micha''
* 2. ''lama''
* 3. ''fadiya''
* 4. ''foola''
* 5. ''umutta''
* 6. ''liya''
* 7. ''lamala''
* 8. ''hiditta''
* 9. ''wonfa''
* 10. ''tanna''
*11. Tannaya micha
*12. Tannaya lama
*13. Tannaya fadiya
*14. Tannaya foola
*15. Tannaya umutta
*16. Tannaya liya
*17. Tannaya lamala
*18. Tannaya hiditta
*19. Tannaya wonfa
*20. Lamattann
*30. Fadiitann
*40. Foolattan
*50. Umuttan
*60. Liittan
*70. Lamalattan
*80. Hidittan
*90. Wonfattan
*100. Ch'ibba.
*1,000. Kuma
Notes
References
* Amborn, Hermann, and Alexander Kellner. 1999. "Burji Vocabulary of Cultural Items. An Insight into Burji culture. Based on the field notes of Helmut Straube," ''Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere'' 58: 5-67.
* Sasse, Hans-Jürgen. 1982. ''An Etymological Dictionary of Burji'' (Kuschitische Sprachstudien 1). Hamburg: Buske.
* Sasse, Hans-Jürgen and Helmut Straube. 1977. "Kultur und Sprache der Burji," ''Süd-Aethiopien: Ein Abriss, Zur Sprachgeschichte und Ethnohistorie in Afrika''. Ed. Wilhelm J. G. Moehlig, Franz Rottland and Bernd Heine. Berlin. Pages 239–266.
* Wedekind, Charlotte. 1985. "Burji verb morphology and morphophonemics," The verb morphophonemics of five highland east Cushitic languages, including Burji. ''Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere'' 2. Cologne: Institut für Afrikanistik. Pages 110–145.
* Wedekind, Klaus. 1980. "Sidamo, Darasa (Gedeo), Burji: phonological differences and likenesses," ''Journal of Ethiopian Studies'' 14:131-176.
External links
* World Atlas of Language Structures
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Burji
Languages of Kenya
Languages of Ethiopia
East Cushitic languages
Subject–object–verb languages
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