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Yem language

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The Fuga dialect is distinct enough to perhaps be a different language.
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Yemsa basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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Index

Ethiopia
Oromia Region
SNNPR
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Omotic
North
Writing system
Ethiopic
Latin
ISO 639-3
jnj
Glottolog
yems1235
ELP
Yem
Yem
Kingdom of Yamma
Omotic
Kafa
Japanese
Javanese
Yem special woreda
SNNPR
Ethiopia 2007 Census
World Atlas of Language Structures
Yemsa
Yemsa basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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