Hadiyya language

Hadiyya is a Cushitic language. It is spoken by around 1.3 million people in Southern Ethiopia. It is very similar to the Libido language, which is spoken just north of where Hadiyya is spoken.[2]

Hadiyya
Native toEthiopia
RegionHadiya Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region
EthnicityHadiya people
Native speakers1,300,000  (2007 census)[1]
Language family
Dialects
Hadiyya
Soro
Leemo
Writing systemLatin, Ethiopic
Language codes
ISO 639-3hdy

References

  1. Ethiopia 2007 Census
  2. Simons, Gary F. and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2018. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty-first edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.