Kafa

KBR

threatened

Alternate Names: Caffino, Kaffa, Kaficho, Kefa, Keffa, Manjo

Dialects: Bosha (Garo), Kafa. Bosha may be a distinct language. Manjo is an argot based on Kafa , (Bender 1983).

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Omotic
North
Gonga-Gimojan
Gonga
South

Demographics: 834,000 (2007 census). 445,000 monolinguals (1994 census). L2 users: 46,700.

Language Use: Also use Amharic [amh]. Used as L2 by Chara [cra], Nayi [noz].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 22%. Used in education. NT: 2001.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Ethiopic, Latin

Nation of Origin: Ethiopia

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.