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Borna

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: bwo

Population	19,900 (1994 census), decreasing. 144 Gamila; 2,276 L2 speakers including 45 Gamila; 18,567 monolinguals including 77 Gamila. Ethnic population: 32,894 including 186 Gamila (1994 census).
Region	Benishangul-Gumuz region, near Blue Nile River.
Language map	Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia, reference number 18
Alternate names	Boro, Bworo, Scinacia, Shinasha
Dialects	Bulen-Dibat’e, Wenbera-Dangur. Related to Kafa [kbr]. Scattered dialect groups. Lexical similarity: 46% with Shekkacho [moy].
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gonga, North
Language use	Used by all children in Dibat’e and most children in Bulen and Dangur. Children in Wenbera speak Oromo [hae]. Positive attitude. Also use Amharic [amh] or Oromo.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 25.1%.
Comments	Boro is the ethnic name. SOV.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALGA, Lemma; WEDEKIND, Micha, authors. 1995. "Boro wordlists."

ALGA, Lemma; WEDEKIND, Micha, authors. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report of Boro (Shinasha)."  

LEYEW, Zelealem, author. 1994. "First report on a survey of the Shinasha and Agew dialects and languages."

LEYEW, Zelealem, author. 2002. "First report on a survey of the Shinasha and Agew dialects and languages."  

TESFAYE, Ashenafi; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 1990. "Characteristics of Omotic tone: Shinasha (Borna)."

TESFAYE, Ashenafi; WEDEKIND, Klaus, authors. 1994. "Aspects of Omotic tonogenesis: Shinasha."

WEDEKIND, Micha, author. 1995. "A survey of Boro (Shinasha)."

Vernacular Publications

Borəni noon dani Mas'afa Daniruwots Mas'afa-. 2009.

Galə dani Sayinisi Masʼafa Gitəl kʼaatʼa. 2009.

Minzəbeerona, daazonatə, mereerona. 2007.

Shinasha pre-reading booklet. 2009.

Taawə daní mas'afa Gítəl k'aat'a Daníruwotsə mas'afa. 2009.

Waangone kˀóóha. 2007.