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Dorze

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: doz

Population	20,800 (1994 census). 9,905 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 28,990 (1994 census).
Region	North Omo region, Chencha area; Addis Ababa.
Language map	Southwestern Ethiopia, reference number 26
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 82%–87% with the Gamo dialect of Gamo-Gofa-Dawro [gmo], 77%–81% with the Gofa dialect of Gamo-Gofa-Dawro [gmo], 80% with Wolaytta [wal], 73%–75% with the Dawro dialect of Gamo-Gofa-Dawro [gmo], 54% with Koorete [kqy], 48% with Male [mdy].
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gimojan, Ometo-Gimira, Ometo, Central
Language use	3,597 L2 speakers.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 56.8%.
Comments	SOV. Weavers.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ABEBE, Alemayehu, author. 2002. "Ometo dialect pilot survey report."  

ABEBE, Alemayehu, author. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report on the Ometo dialect of Ethiopia, part II."  

GIRARD, Tim, author. 2002. "Lexico-phonostatistical analysis of Alemayehu Abebe’s Ometo word lists."