Saho is spoken natively by the Saho people. Traditionally, they inhabit the territory in Eritrea bounded by the bay of Erafayle in the east, the Laacasi Gade valleys in the south, and the Eritrean highlands to the west (the Shimejana district on the eastern flank of the South- or Debub region in what was formerly known as Akele Guzai province).
This speech area is bordered by other Afro-Asiatic-speaking communities, with Tigre speakers on the west and Afar speakers on the east. In Ethiopia, Saho is primarily spoken in the Tigray Region. It has about 250,000 speakers in total and four main dialects: Northern dialect, mainly spoken by Casawurta, Tharuuca, Casabat Care etc., Central dialect is mainly spoken by Faqhat Xarak of Minifere,and Southern dialect mainly spoken by Minifire, Xazo, Dabrti-meela, Irob, Sancafe.[1] The Saho also use the Arabic (special now Latin letters) to document their history and render information.
The Saho language in former Italian Eritrea has received a strong influence of italian loanwords.[2]
Also recently the language is being used on the cyberspace as a tool of communication. And there is on website completely designed with saho language.[3]
Saho is so closely related to the Cushitic Afar language, spoken as a mother tongue by the Afar people, that some linguists regard the two tongues as dialects of a single "Saho–Afar language". Regardless, it has been shown that at least in their basic lexicon the two can be cleanly separated.[4]
Writing systemsedit
Saho has three written versions: a version in the Latin alphabet, official in Eritrea; a version in the Ge'ez script, official in Ethiopia; and a version in the Ajami script with no official recognition.[4]
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^ abBanti, Giorgio; Vergari, Moreno (2017). "Aspects of Saho dialectology". Afroasiatica Romana. Proceedings of the 15th meeting of Afroasiatic linguistics. Sapienza Università de Roma. pp. 65–81.
saho, language, confused, with, sahu, language, tigrinya, ሳሆኛ, ቋንቋ, ሳሆ, afro, asiatic, language, spoken, eritrea, sudan, ethiopia, belongs, family, cushitic, branch, sahosaahonative, toeritrea, ethiopiaregionsouth, northern, southern, eritrea, tigray, ethiopia. Not to be confused with the Sahu language The Saho language Tigrinya ሳሆኛ ቋንቋ ሳሆ is an Afro Asiatic language spoken in Eritrea Sudan and Ethiopia It belongs to the family s Cushitic branch SahoSaahoNative toEritrea EthiopiaRegionSouth Northern and Southern Red Sea in Eritrea Tigray in EthiopiaEthnicitySaho peopleNative speakers280 000 2020 1 Language familyAfro Asiatic CushiticLowland EastSaho AfarSahoWriting systemGeʽez script Used in Ethiopia Latin alphabet Used in Eritrea Official statusRecognised minoritylanguage in EritreaLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code ssy class extiw title iso639 3 ssy ssy a Glottologsaho1246 Contents 1 Overview 1 1 Writing systems 2 Notes 3 External links 4 Further readingOverview editSaho is spoken natively by the Saho people Traditionally they inhabit the territory in Eritrea bounded by the bay of Erafayle in the east the Laacasi Gade valleys in the south and the Eritrean highlands to the west the Shimejana district on the eastern flank of the South or Debub region in what was formerly known as Akele Guzai province This speech area is bordered by other Afro Asiatic speaking communities with Tigre speakers on the west and Afar speakers on the east In Ethiopia Saho is primarily spoken in the Tigray Region It has about 250 000 speakers in total and four main dialects Northern dialect mainly spoken by Casawurta Tharuuca Casabat Care etc Central dialect is mainly spoken by Faqhat Xarak of Minifere and Southern dialect mainly spoken by Minifire Xazo Dabrti meela Irob Sancafe 1 The Saho also use the Arabic special now Latin letters to document their history and render information The Saho language in former Italian Eritrea has received a strong influence of italian loanwords 2 Also recently the language is being used on the cyberspace as a tool of communication And there is on website completely designed with saho language 3 Saho is so closely related to the Cushitic Afar language spoken as a mother tongue by the Afar people that some linguists regard the two tongues as dialects of a single Saho Afar language Regardless it has been shown that at least in their basic lexicon the two can be cleanly separated 4 Writing systems edit Saho has three written versions a version in the Latin alphabet official in Eritrea a version in the Ge ez script official in Ethiopia and a version in the Ajami script with no official recognition 4 Notes edit a b Saho at Ethnologue 25th ed 2022 nbsp Italian loanwords in saho in Italian Makaado net the Saho on line Community Archived from the original on 2013 12 03 Retrieved 2013 11 22 a b Banti Giorgio Vergari Moreno 2017 Aspects of Saho dialectology Afroasiatica Romana Proceedings of the 15th meeting of Afroasiatic linguistics Sapienza Universita de Roma pp 65 81 External links editWorld Atlas of Language Structures information on Saho Saho LLACAN with map Further reading editWilliam E Welmers 1952 Notes on the structure of Saaho Word 8 145 162 nbsp This Eritrea related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Afroasiatic languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Ethiopia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Saho language amp oldid 1206505873, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
