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Gamo

Overview

Language Tag

language script region variant
gmo Zzzz ET  

Detailed Information

Family
Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gimojan, Ometo-Gimira, Ometo, Central
Population
690,069
Alias
N/A
Dialects
Gamo (Gemu), Gofa (Goffa), Dawro (Dauro, Kullo, Cullo, Ometay). Subdialects of Dawro are Konta (Conta) and Kucha (Kusha, Koysha). Lexical similarity: 79%-91% between the Gamo and Gofa dialects, 79%-89% with Wolaytta [wal], 82%-87% with Dorze [doz], 73%-80% with the Dawro dialect, 49% with Koorete [kqy], 44% with Male [mdy]. 76% between the Dawro and Gofa dialects, 80% with Wolaytta, 73%-75% with Dorze, 48% with Koorete, 43% with Male
Writing system No writing system.
Ethnologue https://www.ethnologue.com/language/gmo/

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The Japan Association for Ethiopian Linguistics

Electronic Journal 'Studies in Ethiopian Languages'

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