Siltʼe language

Siltʼe
Siltʼe
ስልጥኘ
Native to	Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Ethnicity	Siltʼe people
Native speakers	940,000 Siltʼe proper (2007 census); 125,000 speakers of Wolane dialect
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Ethiopic South Ethiopic Transversal South Ethiopic Harari – East Gurage East Gurage Siltʼe; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; stv – Siltʼe; wle – Wolane
Glottolog	silt1239

Siltʼe (ስልጥኘ [siltʼiɲɲə] or የስልጤ አፍ [jəsiltʼe af]) is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken in South Ethiopia. A member of the Afroasiatic family, its speakers are the Siltʼe, who mainly inhabit the Siltʼe Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region. Speakers of the Wolane dialect mainly inhabit the Kokir Gedebano district of Gurage Zone, as well as the neighbouring Seden Sodo district of the Oromia Region. Some have also settled in urban areas in other parts of the country, especially Addis Ababa.

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