Shakacho language

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

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.

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