Kafa or Kefa (Kafi noono) is a North Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia at the Keffa Zone. It is part of the Ethiopian Language Area, with SOV word order, ejective consonants, etc.
A collection of proverbs in the language has been published by Mesfin Wodajo.[2]
Manjo
Mangiò
(speculative)
Language family
unattested
Language codes
ISO 639-3
None (mis)
Glottolog
mang1364
^Ethiopia 2007 Census Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
^2012. Functions and Formal and Stylistic Features of Kafa Proverbs: Functional and Structural Approach. Lambert Academic Publishing.
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