Kachama-Ganjule

KCX

threatened

Dialects: Ganjule (Ganjawle), Ganta, Gats’ame (Gatame, Get’eme, Makka), Kachama. Lexical similarity: 46% with Wolaytta ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Omotic
North
Gonga-Gimojan
Gimojan
Ometo-Gimira
Ometo
East

Demographics: 4,070 (1994 census). 2,680 Kachama, 1,390 Ganjule. 1,000 monolinguals (1994 census). 820 Kachama, 190 Ganjule. L2 users: 420 (1994 census). 220 Kachama, 200 Ganjule.

Language Use: Also use Wolaytta [wal].

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Ethiopia