Gawwada language
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| Gawwada | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia |
| Region | Dirashe special woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region |
| Native speakers | 32,700 including 27,500 monolinguals (1998) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Ethiopic |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gwd |
Gawwada (also known as Gauwada, Gawata, Kawwad'a, Kawwada) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southern Ethiopia. Dialects include Dihina, Gergere, Gobeze, Gollango, Gorose, Harso.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] External links
- Ethnologue information on Gawwada
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Dullay (Gollango)
- Gawwada language topical vocabulary list (from the World Loanword Database)
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