SGW ISO 639-3
Sebat Bet Gurage
ሰባት ቤት ጉራጌ (Səbat Bet Gurage) Autonym
A language of Ethiopia
- ISO 639
- sgw
- Alternate Names
- Central West Gurage, Gouraghie, Gurage, Guragie, Gurague, West Gurage
- Autonym
- ሰባት ቤት ጉራጌ (Səbat Bet Gurage)
- Population
- 2,170,000 (2018). Ethnic population: 2,710,000 (2018).
- Location:
- Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: west Gurage zone; Emdibir area (Chaha dialect); Agenna (Ezha dialect); Gura Megenase and Wirir areas (Gura dialect); K’abul and K’want’e (Gyeto dialect); Ch’eza area, mountains north of Chaha and Ezha (Muher dialect).
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Outer, tt-Group
- Dialects
- Chaha (Cheha), Ezha (Eza, Izha), Gumer (Gwemarra), Gura, Gyeto, Muher (Muxir). Member of Gurage subgroup of languages.
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use Amharic [amh].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 25%. Bible: 2010.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Sebat Bet Gurage
- Writing
- Ethiopic script [Ethi].
Also Spoken in
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Location: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: west Gurage zone; Emdibir area (Chaha dialect); Agenna (Ezha dialect); Gura Megenase and Wirir areas (Gura dialect); K’abul and K’want’e (Gyeto dialect); Ch’eza area, mountains north of Chaha and Ezha (Muher dialect).
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