Shakacho language

Shekkacho (also Mocha, Shakacho, Shekka) is an Afro-Asiatic Omotic language, spoken mainly in Sheka Zone at southwestern Ethiopia. It is closely related to Kafa.

Shekkacho
Mocha
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	North Kafa region
Native speakers	80,000 (2007 census)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Gonga Kafa–Shekkacho Shekkacho
Writing system	Ethiopic, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	moy
Glottolog	shek1244

Notes

1. Ethiopia 2007 Census

Bibliography

• Leslau, Wolf. 1958. “Moča, A Tone Language of The Kafa Group in South-Western Ethiopia.” Africa 28: 135-147.
• Leslau, Wolf. 1959. A Dictionary of Moča (South-Western Ethiopia). Los Angeles: University of California Press.

External links

• World Atlas of Language Structures information on Moca