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Sheko is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in the area between Tepi and Mizan Teferi in western Ethiopia in the Sheko district in the Bench Maji Zone. The 2007 census lists 38911 speakers; the 1998 census listed 23785 speakers with 13611 identified as monolinguals.The language is notable for its retroflex consonants (Aklilu Yilma 1988) a striking feature shared with closely related Dizi and nearby (but not closely related) Bench (Breeze 1988).