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Saho

language
Class type of: Saho–Afar Q36353

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
language, modern language[4]
Country
Eritrea, Ethiopia[2][3]
Subclass of
Saho–Afar[5]
Different from
Saho people[10]
Ethnologue language status
5 Developing[14]
Indigenous to
Debub Region, Afar Region, Tigray Region[11][12][13]
Linguistic typology
subject–object–verb[15]
Number of speakers, writers, or signers
+271180[9]
Writing system
Latin alphabet, Geʽez script, Latin script[6][7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Saho en Saho language ar لغة ساهو es Idioma saho fr langue saho it lingua saho ja サホ語 pt Língua saho ru Сахо (язык) tr Saho dili tr ssy uk Сахо
🔖 Identifiers · 17
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85116507
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300389186
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119791373
Ethnologue.com language code
ssy
Exact match
publications.europa.eu
Freebase ID
/m/046v53
Glottolog code
saho1246
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
saho
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0209267
IETF language tag
ssy
ISO 639-3 code
ssy
IdRef ID
027835332
Show all 17 identifiers +5
J9U entity ID
987007551060805171
KBpedia ID
Saho-AfarLanguage
POSIX locale identifier
ssy
Topic's main category
Category:Saho language
WALS lect code
sao

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🔗 Connections
← Language used 5
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Tigray Region, Afar Region, Debub Region
Indigenous to 3
Tigray Region, Afar Region, Debub Region
Writing system 3
Latin script, Latin alphabet, Geʽez script
Country 2
Ethiopia, Eritrea
Instance of 2
language, modern language
Belongs to 1
Saho–Afar
Different from 1
Saho people
Linguistic typology 1
subject–object–verb
Subclass of 1
Saho–Afar
Topic's main category 1
Category:Saho language
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Saho language
← Different from 1
Saho people
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Summary

Saho is a language[1].

Related Entities

Eritrea Ethiopia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Eritrea, Ethiopia
    Indigenous to → Debub Region, Afar Region, Tigray Region
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers → {'amount': '+271180'}
    Writing system → Latin alphabet, Geʽez script, Latin script
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007551060805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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