Sebat Bet Gurage language
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| Sebat Bet Gurage | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia |
| Region | West Gurage region |
| Native speakers | 2.32 million[1] (date missing) |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Writing system | Ethiopic |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sgw |
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Sebat Bet ("Seven houses") is a Gurage language, spoken in several dialects found in the western Gurage Zone:
- Chaha (Cheha) is spoken in Cheha woreda, and is the best studied of these dialects;
- Ezha (Eza, Izha) is spoken in Ezhana Wolene woreda,
- Muher is spoken in the mountains north of Chaha and Ezha,
- Gura is spoken in Goro woreda,
- Gumer (Gwemarra, Gʷəmarə), spoken in Gumer woreda
- Inor (Enemor), spoken in Enemorina Eaner woreda
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- Gyeto, Endegegn, and the extinct Mesmes language are sometimes considered subdialects of Inor.
[edit] Notes
[edit] Further reading
- Leslau, Wolf. 1997. "Chaha (Gurage) Phonology" in Kaye, Alan S. (ed.): Phonologies of Asia and Africa 1. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. pp. 373–397.
- Rose, Sharon. 2007. "Chaha (Gurage) Morphology" in Kaye, Alan D. (ed.): Morphologies of Africa and Asia 1. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. pp. 403–427.
[edit] External links
- Ethnologue information on Sebat Bet Gurage
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Chaha
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