ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Africa · ISO 639-3 kbr · Glottocode kafa1242

Kafa

Kafa shows another documented configuration in Africa: a language of the Ta-Ne-Omotic family, not endangered source status, and a likely Latin script assignment.

Language family
Ta-Ne-Omotic
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
not endangered
Macroarea
Africa
Source country codes
ET
Reference point
7.340, 36.172

Open research question

How can changes in the use and transmission of Kafa be recorded without deriving a language area from a single reference point?

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.