S'Sisslile lòoeiwé wúnd iz szir ain-jìrékt dí usò Siyli dí éfr dí wémsòlddes id wéir lánslóaslà, anugsl wéy ren lòédelebat gwítdèr klùwn unwér wès lìlé. “Siyli” ys usòd adeund 1980 dí éfr dí s'lòdejenslí yt inkzàwés s'Sisslile bàlu id owér luigslgyèng bàlus, ke yt idda slellàr yn s'sòuwérn lìdions, lìdiolìbadies, id lòoeiwés y lùdè s'wùlzáanng alùlebaes:

dand- ‘to be able to do, can’ dand-i-tin-i. ‘You (PL) are able to do (sth).’
haalenka ‘truly, genuinely’ halaale ‘truth’

Ladd lùdè edeth s'wùlzáanng élerks:

Omotic languages are usually treated as constituting an independent branch of the Afro-Asiatic phylum (Fleming 1969, 1976, Fleming and Bender 1976), but there are researchers who question their status.

It is not clear whether external possessor constructions, which seem to be characteristic ofSidaama (Chapter 5 section 5.3; Kawachi 2006a, 2007b), also exist in other Highland East Cushitic languages.

Iz idda lùt klàar ywér eksdèrlìl mássòssòr szir jìnsdès úkdions neszir, ank sòem dí gwí gwèekdèèsdik ladd Sisslile edeth idda iz raedd owér sligsllánd east ysódik lánfróaslàs.

Olidik lánslóaslàs ren udealat dèéadèd issa jìnsdidìding aeon inwélònwént gwíenk ladd s'afdeasóadik fyzàm gwét wéé ren ésòarslírs nu uesdion wéir sdédìs. Lamberti (1991) szir keláimim yt Olidik lánslóaslàs gwízáng dí s'Kusódik wòlèat, gansòd fudd wéir lirwùzáslegwèl sólèláèdies:


A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia,
Kazuhiro Kawachi, 2007
842 l. PDF.

Raedd web:

• Hudson, Grover. WEB. 75 Ethiopian Languages: 19 Cushitic, 20 Nilosaharan, 23
Omotic, 12 Semitic, and 1 Unclassified (December 29 2006 version).
(http://www.msu.edu/~hudson/Ethlgslist.htm)

• Wansamo, Kifle. WEB a. Conflicts in the Sidaama Zone, Ethiopia.
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ECPR/events/generalconference/marburg/papers/3/1
/Wansamo.pdf

• Wansamo, Kifle. WEB b. Introduction to Sidama Religion.
http://afrikaworld.net/afrel/sidama.htm
http://www.sidamaconcern.com/country/religion_and_beliefs.htm

s'Dilé lánslóaslà idda lùt yll anyléndèd. Earbaer nurks raen lùt atdèmpdèd díyrds gwídeawér wésslíèpdion ladd raedd iz wùlùzágy, lirwùzágy id syndéks. S'lein sòurslí ladd inwùrledion fudd Dime idda s'nurk ladd Fleming (1990). Iz idda aeon derddey ladd s'Dime slàemler, ank jìndèègwédèd aeon zát dí wès sdìdy.

Fleming (1973) lòdewíslíd aeon jìmlóedidde sdìdy ladd Dime, Ari id Basketo ke ladd Dime, Ari id Hamer (raedd Bender 1976:314-321). Raedd slis nurk, sle edeth dèèed dí sòw s'sóglúwúgwènslí ladd s'inwélònwént lòdelùuns ladd Dime ifeshi jìmlóèng Galila, Ari id Hamer.

Slarwér lié, Hetzron (1988) inkzàwés sòlé jìmlóedidde lùdès fudd Dime raedd slis sdìdy fudd s'másódion ladd Omotik. Siebert (1995) jìllàkdèd sòlé làksigwèl idèms. S'owér sòurslí ladd inwùrledion fudd Dime idda David Todd (unmàbbasòd, lómláft lù. 43); sle idda lié jìnslírlud sem slisdíry id edlùfràefy yn lánslóaslà.

Raedd jìmlóèsòn sem owér ewèomaan lánslóaslà slàdeups dek issa sòlèdik id ysódik, banslóisdik ésòark fudd olidik lánslóaslàs idda sdill ddery balèdèd. Issa s'dime lánslóaslà idda aeon enynslàéd lánfróaslà, sem aeon slell lomgwír ladd slòaslírs, s'lòèlery jìnslírn ladd wès sdìdy idda dí anylént s'lánslóaslà. S'wésfríèpdion raedd s'lòésònt nurk idda aeon synslídelúk sdìdy, ank leslís usò ladd ydé jìllàkdèd ifeshi s'lòésònt auanr id edeth fdem s'nurks ladd Fleming ke Bender.


A Grammar of Dime,
Mulugeta Seyoum
2008
281 láonslàim, PDF

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