Sunday, August 29, 2004

Saho

Also spelled �Sao, �Shaho, �Shoho, �or �Shiho, �also called �Afar-saho, � language spoken by several peoples, most of whom inhabit the coastal plains of southern Eritrea. Saho is generally classified as an Eastern Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic (formerly Hamito-Semitic) language family. The Saho-speaking peoples are bordered to the north by the Tigre, to the west by the Tigray, and to the south and east by the Afar, with whose language