Gamo-Gofa-Dawro language
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro is an Omotic language of the Afroasiatic family spoken in the Dawro, Gamo Gofa and Wolayita Zones of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region in Ethiopia. Varieties are spoken by the Gamo, Gofa, Dawro; Blench (2006) and Ethnologue treat these as separate languages. Zala presumably belongs here as well. Dialects of Dawro (Kullo-Konta) are Konta and Kucha.[2] In 1992, Alemayehu Abebe collected a word-list of 322 entries for all three related dialects.[3]
| Gamo-Gofa-Dawro | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Omo Region |
| Ethnicity | Gamo people |
Native speakers | 1.09 million of Gamo, 392,000 of Gofa, 533,000 of Dawro (2007 census)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Ethiopic, Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:gmv – Gamogof – Gofadwr – Dawro |
| Glottolog | dawr1235 |
Notes
- Gamo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Gofa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Dawro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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- Alemayehu Abebe, "Ometo Dialect Pilot Survey Report" SIL Electronic Survey Reports SILESR 2002-068
External links
Wikivoyage has a phrasebook for Dawro.
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Gamo
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