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Burji language (alternate names: Bembala Bambala Daashi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Burji people who reside in Ethiopia south of Lake Chamo. There are over 46000 speakers in Ethiopia and a further 10400 speakers in Kenya. Burji belongs to the Highland East Cushitic group of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.The language has the SOV (subject–object–verb) word order common to the Cushitic family.