OLAC resources in and about the Sidamo language

ISO 639-3: sid

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language
• Other resources in the language

Other known names and dialect names: Sidaama, Sidaamu Afoo, Sidaminya, Sidámo 'Afó

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Primary texts

1. ONLINESidamo Glossed Text. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sid_vertxt-1

Lexical resources

1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Sidamo. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:sid
2. ONLINEDictionaria Resources for Sidaama. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:dictionaria.clld.org:sida1246
3. ONLINESidamo Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sid_swadesh-1

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEDictionaria Resources for Sidaama. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:dictionaria.clld.org:sida1246
2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Sidamo. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:sida1246
3. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Sidamo. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:sida1246
4. ONLINESidamo Grammar. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sid_morsyn-1
5. ONLINESidamo Orthography. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sid_ortho-1
6. ONLINESidamo Phonology. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sid_phon-1
7. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Sidaama. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:sid

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEA grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo): a Cushitic language of Ethiopia. Kawachi, Kazuhiro. 2007. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:6682
2. ONLINESidamo: a language of Ethiopia. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:sid
3. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Sidamo. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_sid
4. ONLINESidamo, Gedeo (Derasa), Burji: Phonological differences and likenesses. Wedekind, Klaus. 1980. SIL International. oai:sil.org:36350
5. Towards a more adequate approach to ’focus’ phenomena (Review of ’Generating narratives: interrelations of knowledge, text variants, and Cushitic focus strategies, by Klaus Wedekind). Payne, Doris L. 1992. SIL International. oai:sil.org:36402
6. Sidaamu afii rosu xinti hanafote maxaafa 1. Bansa, Kachara. 2002. Sidama Literacy Project. oai:sil.org:36428
7. Sidaamu afiinni qixxaawinoha HIV/EEDISI (AIDS) yinanni dhibbi mayimma, kulanno maxaafa. Cheru, Berhanu; Lankamo, Abera; Lula, Elias; Mekonnen, Suʼnaana; Bekele, Andreas. 2002. Sidama Literacy Project. oai:sil.org:36436
8. Fayyimmate agarooshshinna dhibbu gargarooshshi maxaafa. n.a. 2003. Sidama Literacy Project. oai:sil.org:36485
9. Sidaamu afii rosu xinti hanafote dhagge: roso 1-20. Bansa, Kachara (translator). 2002. Sidama Literacy Project. oai:sil.org:36487
10. ONLINEBaxise Dhagge: Rosaanote Maxaafa. Janna, Tefera (editor); Kankura, Ketsela (editor); Wayu, Yaicob (editor); Johnston, Stephen (illustrator); Getachew, Sintayehu (translator); Gidessa, Birhanu (translator); Hatia, Tesfahun (translator). 2008. SIL Ethiopia. oai:sil.org:62156
11. Baxise Dhagge: Rosiisaanchu Maxaafa. Janna, Tefera (editor); Kankura, Ketsela (editor); Wayu, Yaicob (editor); Johnston, Stephen (illustrator); Getachew, Sintayehu (translator); Gidessa, Birhanu (translator); Hatia, Tesfahun (translator). 2008. SIL Ethiopia. oai:sil.org:62173
12. ONLINESidamo Table of Contents. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sid_contents-1
13. ONLINESidamo Detailed Description. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sid_detail-1
14. ONLINESidamo. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sid_num-1
15. ONLINESidamo Bibliography. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sid_references-1

Other resources in the language

1. Generating narratives : interrelations of knowledge, text variants, and Cushitic focus strategies. Wedekind, Klaus. 1990. Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 52. oai:gial.edu:3373
2. ONLINEEthioSpeech. n.a. 2025. ELRA (European Language Resources Association). oai:catalogue.elra.info:ELRA-S0494

Other known names and dialect names: Sidaama, Sidaamu Afoo, Sidaminya, Sidámo 'Afó

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