Hozo

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A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3
hoz
Alternate Names
Begi-Mao
Population

3,000 (1995 SIL).

Location

West Oromiya Region, Begi area. 50 or more villages.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Mao, West
Dialects

Related to Bambassi [myf] (Bender 1975).

Language Use

West Central Oromo [gaz] is lingua franca of the area, but some have negative attitudes toward it. Low bilingual proficiency in Amharic [amh] and Arabic [arb].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 5%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Hozo
Writing
Unwritten.