classification: "Afro-Asiatic; Cushitic; Highland East Cushitic",
dialect_varieties: "",
public_comment: "",
private_comment: null,
source_id:89800,
speakers: [
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id:8694,
code_id:4608,
speaker_number: "10000-99999",
speaker_number_text: "46,100",
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semi_speakers: null,
children: null,
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older_adults: null,
elders: null,
ethnic_population: "46,565",
date_of_info: "1994",
public_comment: null,
private_comment: null,
source_id:1511,
preferred:1,
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id:8695,
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speaker_number: "1000-9999",
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semi_speakers: null,
children: null,
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older_adults: null,
elders: null,
ethnic_population: null,
date_of_info: null,
public_comment: null,
private_comment: null,
source_id:1521,
preferred: 0,
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id:8696,
code_id:4608,
speaker_number: "10000-99999",
speaker_number_text: "42,731",
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semi_speakers: null,
children: null,
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older_adults: null,
elders: null,
ethnic_population: null,
date_of_info: null,
public_comment: null,
private_comment: null,
source_id:1881,
preferred: 0,
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{
id:11375,
code_id:4608,
speaker_number: "10000-99999",
speaker_number_text: "35,731",
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semi_speakers: null,
children: null,
young_adults: null,
older_adults: null,
elders: null,
ethnic_population: "46552",
date_of_info: "1994",
public_comment: null,
private_comment: null,
source_id:88658,
preferred: 0,
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id:13421,
code_id:4608,
speaker_number: null,
speaker_number_text: null,
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children: null,
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older_adults: null,
elders: null,
ethnic_population: null,
date_of_info: null,
public_comment: null,
private_comment: null,
source_id:102,
preferred: 0,
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id:18352,
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speaker_number: null,
speaker_number_text: null,
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semi_speakers: null,
children: null,
young_adults: null,
older_adults: null,
elders: null,
ethnic_population: null,
date_of_info: null,
public_comment: "Sources cited on this language are unclear on speaker numbers. Speaker numbers may be as low as 1000 or as high as 10000 in Kenya, and as high as 15,000-20,000 in Ethiopia.",