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Decha
Decha is a Districts of Ethiopia, district in the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, South West Region of Ethiopia. The name Decha comes from one of the provinces in the former Kingdom of Kaffa, which had the approximately same boundaries. Part of the Keffa Zone, Decha is bordered on the south by the Omo River (Ethiopia), Omo River which separates it from the Debub Omo Zone, on the west by the Bench Maji Zone, on the northwest by Chena (woreda), Chena, on the north by Ginbo, on the northeast by Menjiwo, on the west by Telo (woreda), Telo and Cheta (woreda), Cheta, and on the southeast by the Denchya River which separates it from the Konta special woreda, Konta special district. The major town in Decha is Chiri. According to a 2004 report, Decha had 47 kilometers of all-weather roads and 5 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 18 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. The southern tip of Decha is included in the territory of the Omo National Park. Demogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayi Language
Nayi (also known as "Nao") is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in western Ethiopia. Most of the speakers of the language live in two separated areas. The largest grouping live in Decha woreda of the Keffa Zone. The nearest city to their region is Bonga. A few in Dulkuma village of the Shoa Bench woreda, some in Sheko woreda having moved there in 1976-1977 as a result of conflicts between local feudal lords and the military government (Aklilu 2002:4). In Decha, young people no longer speak the language. The language is notable for its retroflex consonant A retroflex () or cacuminal () consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate. They are sometimes referred to as cerebral consona ...s (Aklilu Yilma 1988), a striking feature shared with closely related Dizi, Sheko and nearby (but not closely related) Bench. The language ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |