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HDY ISO 639-3

Hadiyya

Hadiyyisa Autonym

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639
hdy
Alternate Names
Adea, Adiya, Adiye, Hadia, Hadiya, Hadya
Autonym
Hadiyyisa
Population
1,991,000, all users. L1 users: 1,840,000 (2018). L2 users: 151,000. 595,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 1,840,000 (2018).
Location:
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: Gurage, Hadiyya, and Kambaata zones, between Omo and Billate rivers, Hosaina town area; Oromia region: east Shewa zone.
Language Status
4 (Educational).
Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Highland
Dialects
Leemo, Soro. Lexical similarity: 82% with Libido [liq], 56% with Kambaata [ktb], 54% with Alaba-Kabeena [alw], 53% with Sidamo [sid].
Typology
SOV; passive, reflexive, causative, middle verbs.
Language Use
Also use Amharic [amh]. Used as L2 by Mesmes [mys].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 34%. Taught in primary schools in grades 1–4 as the medium of instruction, in grades 5–10 as a subject. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1992.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Hadiyya
Writing
Ethiopic script [Ethi], used in Church literature. Latin script [Latn], official usage.
Other Comments
Christian, Muslim.

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Location: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: Gurage, Hadiyya, and Kambaata zones, between Omo and Billate rivers, Hosaina town area; Oromia region: east Shewa zone.