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Konso language

Konso is a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in southwest Ethiopia. Native speakers of Konso number about 200,000. Konso is closely related to Dirasha, and serves as a "trade language"—or lingua franca—beyond the area of the Konso people. Blench (2006) considers purported dialects Gato and Turo to be separate languages.

Phonology
Consonants Unlike its Oromoid relatives and most East African languages in general, Konso distinguishes neither voiced nor ejective consonants. Instead, it has a series of implosive stops, including the extremely rare uvular implosive /ʛ/. Vowels Typical of a Cushitic language, Konso distinguishes five short and five long vowels: == Orthography ==
Orthography
An alphabet for Konso was developed by the SSNPR education Bureau and SIL Ethiopia, with financial support by Wycliffe Norway. It is used in a Konso dictionary, and is currently adopted by the Konso people for general use. • a: /a/ • b: /ɓ/ • c: /c/ • d: /ɗ/ • e: /e/ • f: /f/ • h: /h/ • i: /i/ • j: /ʄ/ • k: /k/ • l: /l/ • m: /m/ • n: /n/ • ny: /ɲ/ • o: /o/ • p: /p/ • q: /ʛ/ ( is sometimes used) • r: /r/ • s: /s/ • sh: /ʃ/ • t: /t/ • u: /u/ • w: /w/ • x: /χ/ • y: /j/ • ': /ʔ/ Vowel length is indicated by doubling the vowel == See also ==
Literature on the Konso language
• • • • Uusitalo, Mirjami (2007). Konso language. in Siegbert Uhlig (ed.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica 3, 424–425. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
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