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Name:
Burji
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Bambala; Bembala; Daashi
Spoken in:
Kenya, Ethiopia
Number of speakers:
35,700 in Ethiopia (1994 census). 29,259 monolinguals. Population total all countries: 46,100. Ethnic population: 46,565 (1994 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
7000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
42731
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
bji
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Afro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup:
Highland; Highland East Cushtic (high)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Burji
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