Alternate Names: Dima
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 47% with Hamer-Banna ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 570 (2007 census), decreasing. L2 users: 530.
Language Use: Not bilingual in neighboring languages, except possibly Aari [aiw].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Ethiopia
Other Comments: Population diminished through disease and war.