Yemsa language

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
שפת ימסה
Name (Latin)
Yemsa language
Name (Arabic)
لغة اليمسا
Other forms of name
Djanjero language
Giangero language
Janjerinya language
Janjero language
Janjor language
Yamma language
Yemma language
Zanjero language
Zendjero language
Zinjero language
See Also From tracing topical name
Omotic languages
See Also From tracing place name
Ethiopia
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q36873
Library of congress: sh 96004683
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 94-241950: Lamberti, M. Materialien zum Yemsa, 1993:t.p. (Yemsa) p. 20 (Yemsa-Sprache ... var. Djanjero, Janjero, Giangero, Zanjero, Janjero, Yemma (name of people); spoken in Kafa Province, Ethiopia) p. 25 (Omotic language group)
  • Ethnologue:p. 257 (Yemsa: var. Yemma, Janjero, Janjerinya, Janjor, Yangaro, Zinjero; Afro-Asiatic, Omotic ... Yemma is the name for the ethnic group, Yemsa for the language. Janjero is derogatory.)
  • Tucker. Non-Bantu langs. NE Africa, 1956:p. 126 (Janjero)
  • Encyc. lang. and linguistics:v. 5, p. 2872 (Yemsa--isolate under Omotic languages)
  • Thesaurus African langs, 1987:p. 26, under Omotic (Yemma (var. Janjero, Jenjero, Yemsa))