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Koorete

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: kqy

Population	104,000, increasing. 84,388 monolinguals (1994 census). About 60 Harro families in Harro village on Gidicho (Gidicció) Island. Ethnic population: 136,005 (2006).
Region	Sidama region, Amaro mountains east of Lake Abaya.
Language map	Southwestern Ethiopia, reference number 47
Alternate names	Amaarro, Amarro, Badittu, Koore, Koyra, Kwera, Nuna
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 54% with Dorze [doz], 53% with Wolaytta [wal], 52% with the Gofa dialect of Gamo-Gofa-Dawro [gmo], 49% with the Gamo dialect of Gamo-Gofa-Dawro [gmo], 48% with the Dawro dialect of Gamo-Gofa-Dawro [gmo], 45% with Male [mdy].
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gimojan, Ometo-Gimira, Ometo, East
Language use	Vigorous. 2,371 L2 speakers. All domains. All ages.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 24.1%. Bible portions: 1999–2001.
Writing system	Ethiopic script. Latin script.
Comments	SOV.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BRENZINGER, Matthias; HOEFT, Lydia; SIEBERT, Ralph, authors. 1994. "Languages of the Abbaya/Chamo area - report part 1, with notes on Koorete."

HOEFT, Lydia; SIEBERT, Ralph, authors. 2001. "Sociolinguistic survey report of the Abbaya/Chamo area of Ethiopia part 1."  

LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., author. 2003. "Some observations on the storyline status of gerunds in Koorete (Omotic)."

Vernacular Publications

Echi fayanka. 2006.

Echi fayanka. 2006.

HIV eydise waysiw iichusho?. 2002.

Jhi'oy wodundo. 2003.

Siima garafa biya kafe. 2003.

Ye koorete fidel ataqaaqam zadee. 1997.