Shabo

Facts

  • Language: Shabo
  • Alternate names: Chabu, Shabu, Sabu, Shako, Mekeyer, Mikeyir, Mikair
  • Language code: sbf
  • Language family: Unclassified (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <600
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Unwritten.

More information:

    Ethnic autonym: Sabu. Shekkacho and Majang use “Shako” and “Mekeyer”, respectively, which Shabo do not like. They live in family units, not villages. Traditional religion, Christian.

    Shabo is spoken in Ethiopia, Africa.