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Dahalik

North Ethiopic language spoken exclusively in Eritrea off the coast of Massawa
Class type of: Ethiopian Semitic Q32260

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
language, modern language[3]
Country
Eritrea[2]
Subclass of
Ethiopian Semitic[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 15.730°, 40.080°[6]
Coordinates
🗺️ 15.730°, 40.080°
Ethnologue language status
6b Threatened[10]
Indigenous to
Dahlak Archipelago[9]
Linguistic typology
subject–object–verb[11]
Number of speakers, writers, or signers
2500.0[7]
UNESCO language status
5 critically endangered[8]
Writing system
Geʽez script[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dahaalik en Dahalik en Dahalik language en Dahlak en dlk ar اللغة الدهلكية ar دهلكية ar الدهلكية ar لغة دهلكية de dlk es dlk fi Dahalikin kieli fr dlk fr dahalik fr dahlik he דחלקית id Bahasa Dahalik it lingua dahlik ja ダフラク語 ms Bahasa Dahlik
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Endangeredlanguages.com ID
2678
Ethnologue.com language code
dlk
Freebase ID
/m/07h61x
Glottolog code
daha1247
IETF language tag
dlk
ISO 639-3 code
dlk
Topic's main category
Category:Dahalik language
UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger ID
76

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
language, modern language
← Language used 2
Eritrea, Dahlak Archipelago
Country 1
Eritrea
Indigenous to 1
Dahlak Archipelago
Linguistic typology 1
subject–object–verb
Subclass of 1
Ethiopian Semitic
Topic's main category 1
Category:Dahalik language
Writing system 1
Geʽez script
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Dahalik language
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Summary

Dahalik is a language[1].

Related Entities

Eritrea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Endangered Languages Project. Retrieved . endangeredlanguages.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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