ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Africa · ISO 639-3 gof · Glottocode gofa1235

Gofa

For comparing linguistic diversity in Africa, Gofa brings classification as a language of the Ta-Ne-Omotic family together with not endangered status and the Ethiopic script assignment.

Language family
Ta-Ne-Omotic
Likely script
Ethiopic (Ethi)
Source status
not endangered
Macroarea
Africa
Source country codes
ET
Reference point
6.576, 37.050

Open research question

Which dated evidence shows the domains in which children, young people, and adults use Gofa today?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.