Burji language is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Burji people who reside in Ethiopia south of Lake Chamo. There are also 7,000 speakers in Kenya. It belongs to the Highland East Cushitic group of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. The language has the SOV (Subject-Verb-Object) word order common to the Cushitic family. The verb morphology distinguishes passive and middle grammatical voice, as well as causative.

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  • Burji language is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Burji people who reside in Ethiopia south of Lake Chamo. There are also 7,000 speakers in Kenya. It belongs to the Highland East Cushitic group of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. The language has the SOV (Subject-Verb-Object) word order common to the Cushitic family. The verb morphology distinguishes passive and middle grammatical voice, as well as causative. Verbal suffixes mark the person, number, and gender of the subject.
  • Le burji est une langue afro-asiatique de la branche des langues couchitiques parlée dans le Sud-Ouest de l'Éthiopie. Un groupe de locuteurs réside au Kénya, dans la région de Marsabit.
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  • Burji
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  • South of Lake Ciamo
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  • Burji language is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Burji people who reside in Ethiopia south of Lake Chamo. There are also 7,000 speakers in Kenya. It belongs to the Highland East Cushitic group of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. The language has the SOV (Subject-Verb-Object) word order common to the Cushitic family. The verb morphology distinguishes passive and middle grammatical voice, as well as causative.
  • Le burji est une langue afro-asiatique de la branche des langues couchitiques parlée dans le Sud-Ouest de l'Éthiopie. Un groupe de locuteurs réside au Kénya, dans la région de Marsabit.
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  • Burji language
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