Sebat Bet Gurage

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A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3
sgw
Alternate Names
Central West Gurage, Gouraghie, Guragie, Gurague, West Gurage
Population

440000. Chaha 130,000, Gura 20,000, Muher 90,000, Gyeto 80,000, Ezha 120,000.

Location

Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), west Gurage zone. Chaha dialect: Emdibir area; Gura dialect: Gura Megenase and Wirir areas; Muher dialect: Ch’eza area, mountains north of Chaha and Ezha; Gyeto dialect: south of Ark’it’ in K’abul and K’want’e; Ezha dialect: Agenna.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Outer, tt-Group
Dialects

Chaha (Cheha), Ezha (Eza, Izha), Gumer (Gwemarra), Gura, Gyeto, Muher. Member of Gurage subgroup of languages.

Typology

SOV

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%. NT: 1983.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sebat Bet Gurage
Writing
Ethiopic script.