ISO 639-3 · stvstv
Afroasiatic family
Selti
የስልጤ
Selti is a language of the Gurage branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Ethiopia. Wikidata counts about 935,000 speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Gurage language spoken in Ethiopia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
stv- Glottocode
silt1240- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Wikipedia
- 18 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Selti · የስልጤ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Silt'e language, Selti language, Silt'e, Siltʼe, Siltʼe language |
| All speakers | 935,000 (2007) |
| Written in | Geʽez 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 Selti
The branches above Selti, 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 · NationalwalWolayttaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationtirTigrinyaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m2 · ProvincialgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialkbrKafaAfroasiatic · 1.5 m4 · Educational