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Africa · ISO 639-3 she · Glottocode shek1245

Sheko

The sources list Sheko with threatened status, classification as a member of the Dizoid family, and Latin as its likely script.

Language family
Dizoid
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
threatened
Macroarea
Africa
Source country codes
ET
Reference point
7.050, 35.283

Open research question

How do speakers of Sheko describe their varieties, relationships to place, and priorities for documentation or revitalisation?

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.