Inor language
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| Inor | ||
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| Spoken in: | Ethiopia | |
| Total speakers: | 280,000 | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Semitic South Semitic Ethiopian Semitic South Outer West Gurage Inor |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | sem | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | ior | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Inor ([inoːr]), sometimes called Ennemor, is a Semitic language spoken in central Ethiopia, mainly within the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, and by speakers of the language who have settled in Ethiopian cities, especially Addis Ababa. In addition to the morphological complexity that is common to all Semitic languages, Inor exhibits the very complex morphophonology characteristic of West Gurage languages.
Endegegn, Enner, Gyeto, and the extinct dialect Mesmes are all sometimes considered dialects of Inor.
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[edit] Bibliography
- Berhanu Chamora and Hetzron, R. (2000). Inor. Munich: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3-89586-977-5
- Hetzron, R. (1977). The Gunnän-Gurage Languages. Napoli: Istituto Orientale di Napoli.
- Leslau, W. (1979). Etymological Dictionary of Gurage (Ethiopic). 3 vols. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. ISBN 3-447-02041-5
- Leslau, W. (1983). Ethiopians Speak: Studies in Cultural Background. Part V : Chaha - Ennemor. Äthiopistische Forschungen, Band 16. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag. ISBN 3-515-03965-1
| Modern Semitic languages | ||
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| Amharic | Arabic | Chaha | Harari | Hebrew | Inor | Maltese | Neo-Aramaic | Silt'e | Soddo | South Arabian | Syriac | Tigre | Tigrinya |
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