Gawwada language
Gawwada | |
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Native to | Ethiopia |
Region | Dirashe special woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region |
Native speakers | 69,000 (2007 census)[1] |
Dialects |
Gawwada proper
Dihina
Gergere
Gollango
Gorose
Harso
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Ethiopic script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
gwd |
Glottolog |
gaww1239 [2] |
Gawwada (also known as Gauwada, Gawata, Kawwad'a, Kawwada) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southern Ethiopia. Varieties include Dihina, Gergere, Gollango (= Gaba?), Gorose, Harso; Blench (2006) considers these to be distinct languages.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Gawwada at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gawwada". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
External links
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Dullay (Gollango)
- Gawwada language topical vocabulary list (from the World Loanword Database)
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