Talk:Legas

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By "Legas", did the writer of the RB 1911 article mean the Leqa, one of the sections of the Welega Oromo tribe? Otherwise, this article makes no sense. -- llywrch 17:13, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I think there's been a confusion in the EB 1911 between Galla and Shanqella due to their spelling. They also note that the Sienetjo are Shanqella, but say that they are light-skinned and "Hamitic." I was only really aware of there being a couple of "Shanqella" tribes - the Anuak, Nuer, and Gambella peoples (i.e. excluding the Nilotic groups in Tigray and Eritrea - the Kunama and Nara, who were called "Barya" [again derogatory today like Shanqella]). Note, it even says that they are distinct from the Shangalla! — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 20:32, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Delete!

Just because this old encyclopaedia mentions this as a tribe in Ethiopia we should not feel compelled to keep this article. There are no Legas people in Ethiopia, nobody knows what the EB had in mind when writing this - so let's just kick it out. At best I could envision a redirect somewhere, but where? If there are no objections over the next month, I will arrange for removing this article. Landroving Linguist (talk) 13:10, 8 April 2008 (UTC)