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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Afro-Asiatic |
| Branch: Cushitic |
| Continent: Africa |
| Country: Ethiopia |
| Region: South central Ethiopia, northeast of Lake Abaya and southeast of Lake Awasa (Sidamo Awraja). Awasa is the capital of the Sidama Region. |
| Countries Where Spoken: 1,876,329 (1998 census). 1,632,902 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 1,842,314 (1998 census). |
| Countries Where Official: Ethiopia |
| Native Speakers: 1,876,329 |
| Speakers Total: 1,876,329 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 0 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 0 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 0 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 0 |
| Three Letter Code: SID |
| Alternative Names: SIDÁMO 'AFÓ, SIDAMINYA |
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| Summary: Dictionary. Grammar. SOV. Literacy rate in first language: 1% to 5%. Literacy rate in second language: 20.3%. NT 1990. |
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