Alternate Names: Adea, Adiya, Adiye, Hadia, Hadiya, Hadya
Dialects: Leemo, Soro. Lexical similarity: 82% with Libido ,, 56% with Kambaata ,, 54% with Alaba-Kabeena ,, 53% with Sidamo ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,250,000 (2007 census). 595,000 monolinguals. L2 users: 151,000.
Language Use: Also use Amharic [amh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 34%. Used in education. New media. NT: 1992.
Typology: SOV; passive, reflexive, causative, middle verbs.
Writing System: Ethiopic, Latin
Nation of Origin: Ethiopia
Other Comments: Christian, Muslim.