Oyda

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639: oyd
Alternate Names: Oida
Population: 40,940, all users. L1 users: 36,900 (2007 census). L2 users: 4,040. 6,250 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 45,100 (2007 census).
Location:: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: northwest Omo area, southwest of Sawla.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gimojan, Ometo-Gimira, Ometo, Central
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 69% with Wolaytta [wal], 61% with Basketo [bst].
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Used by all.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 19%. Radio.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Oyda
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: northwest Omo area, southwest of Sawla.