ISO 639-3 · kbrkbr
Afroasiatic family
Kafa
Kafa is a language of the Omotic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Ethiopia. Wikidata counts about 1.5 m speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kbr- Glottocode
kafa1242- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Wikipedia
- 15 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kafa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kafa language, Kefa language, Kaffa language |
| All speakers | 1,500,000 |
| Written in | Geʽez script, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Kafa
The branches above Kafa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ethiopia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalsomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationaltirTigrinyaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m2 · ProvincialgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialsgwSebat Bet GurageAfroasiatic · 1.5 m5 · DevelopingdrsGedeoAfroasiatic · 980,0004 · Educational