Ethnologue

Hozo

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Begi-Mao

Population

3,000 (1995 SIL).

Location

Benishangul-Gumuz region: Tongo zone; Oromia region: Begi area, 50 or more villages.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Related to Bambassi [myf] (Bender 1975).

Language Use

Also use Amharic [amh], Standard Arabic [arb]. Proficiency in second languages is low.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%.

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].