Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Sidama

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Sidama (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Cushitic → Proto-East Cushitic → Sidama.

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Speakers
4M (4,000,000)
ISO 639-3
sid
Glottocode
sida1246

Highland East Cushitic language of the Sidama Region of southern Ethiopia.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Cushiticc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
  3. Proto-East Cushiticc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  4. Sidamac. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-East Cushitic.

Sources