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|name        = Kistaninya
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|nativename  = ''''''
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|familycolor = Afro-Asiatic
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|states      = [[Ethiopia]]
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|region      = [[Southwest of Addis Ababa]]
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|speakers    = 300,000 (1998 census) 
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|fam2        = [[Proto-Ethio-Semitic]]
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|fam3        = [[South-Ethio-Semitic]]
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|fam4        = [[North Gurage]]
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|script      = [[Ethiopic script]]
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|nation      = {{ETH}}
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|iso1=639-3:gur
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|iso2=
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Edited by [[User:Bedilu_Debela|Bedilu Debela]] and [[User:Lars_Hellan|Lars Hellan]]
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This page is motivated by the intention to enumerate examples which represent typical verbal constructions of Kistaniniya. Hence, a number of representative examples are taken from construction headed by simple intransitive, transitive and ditransitive verbs, derivational verbs (causatives, passive), impersonals, copula, and converbs .
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Constructions headed by intransitive verbs.
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<Phrase>10697</Phrase>
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<Phrase>10695</Phrase>
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<Phrase>10696</Phrase>
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<Phrase>10697</Phrase>

Latest revision as of 20:16, 30 July 2014

Kistaninya
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Spoken in Ethiopia
Region Southwest of Addis Ababa
Total speakers 300,000 (1998 census)
Language family Afro-Asiatic
Writing system Ethiopic script
Official status
Official language in Template:ETH
Regulated by not regulated
Language codes
ISO 639-1 639-3:gur
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3
Linguasphere

Edited by Bedilu Debela and Lars Hellan

This page is motivated by the intention to enumerate examples which represent typical verbal constructions of Kistaniniya. Hence, a number of representative examples are taken from construction headed by simple intransitive, transitive and ditransitive verbs, derivational verbs (causatives, passive), impersonals, copula, and converbs .

Constructions headed by intransitive verbs.

kas:a təkətəmay;ən aləfəm ləb:aš wajjəm ət’t’aw.
“Kassa went to the town, bought cloth and come back”
kas:a
kas:a
Kassa
N
təkətəmay;ən
kətəmay;ən
 town 
N
aləfəm
aləfəm
go3PMASCSGSMCV
V1
ləb:aš
ləb:aš
cloth
N
 
 
 
 
wajjəm
wajjəm
buy3PMASCSGSMCV
V2
ət’t’aw
mət’t’aw
come3PMASCSGSMMAVM
V3


gəla-hi tat’:əb-ətt-m əňň-ətt-i.
“She took a bath and sleep”
gəlahi
gəlahi
bodyPOSS3PFEMSG
N
tat’:əbəttm
tat’:əbəttm
wash3PFEMSGSM 
V1
əňňətti
əňňətti
sleep3PFEMSGSM 
V2
zən:u bəsər wajj-ətt-m tik:əl-ətt-m bəll-att-i.
“Zennu bought meat, cooked it and ate it”
zən:u
zən:u
Zennu
N
bəsər
bəsər
meat
N
wajjəttm
wajjəttm
buy3PFEMSGSM 
V1
tik:ələttm
tik:ələttm
cook3PFEMSGSM 
V2
bəllatti
bəllatti
eat3PFEMSGSM 
V3
kas:a təkətəmay;ən aləfəm ləb:aš wajjəm ət’t’aw.
“Kassa went to the town, bought cloth and come back”
kas:a
kas:a
Kassa
N
təkətəmay;ən
kətəmay;ən
 town 
N
aləfəm
aləfəm
go3PMASCSGSMCV
V1
ləb:aš
ləb:aš
cloth
N
 
 
 
 
wajjəm
wajjəm
buy3PMASCSGSMCV
V2
ət’t’aw
mət’t’aw
come3PMASCSGSMMAVM
V3