Gedeo | Ethnologue

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639: drs
Alternate Names: Geddeo, “Darasa” (pej.), “Darassa” (pej.), “Derasa” (pej.), “Derasanya” (pej.), “Deresa” (pej.)
Autonym: ጌዴኡፈ‎ (gedeʾufä)
Population: 1,458,000, all users. L1 users: 1,410,000 (2018). L2 users: 48,000. 439,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 1,410,000 (2018).
Location:: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ and Oromia regions: central highland area, southwest of Dilla and east of Lake Abaya.
Language Status: 4 (Educational).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Highland
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 60% with Sidamo [sid] (most similar), 57% with Alaba-Kabeena [alw], 54% with Kambaata [ktb], 51% with Hadiyya [hdy].
Typology: SOV; causative; middle, passive verbs.
Language Use: Also use Amharic [amh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%. Taught in primary schools in grades 1–4 as the medium of instruction, in grades 5–10 as a subject. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1986.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Gedeo
Writing: Ethiopic script [Ethi].
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.

Location: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ and Oromia regions: central highland area, southwest of Dilla and east of Lake Abaya.