Gawwada language
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| Gawwada | |
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| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Dirashe special woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region |
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Native speakers
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69,000 (2007 census)[1] |
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| Ethiopic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gwd |
| Glottolog | gaww1239[2] |
Gawwada (also known as Gauwada, Gawata, Kawwad'a, Kawwada) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southern Ethiopia. Varieties include Dihina, Gergere, Gollango (= Gaba?), Gorose, Harso; Blench (2006) considers these to be distinct languages.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Gawwada at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Gawwada". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
External links[edit]
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Dullay (Gollango)
- Gawwada language topical vocabulary list (from the World Loanword Database)
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