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Gawwada language

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Native to
  
Ethiopia

Writing system
  
Ethiopic script

Native speakers
  
69,000 (2007 census)

Region
  
Dirashe special woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Dullay Gawwada

Dialects
  
Gawwada proper Dihina Gergere Gollango Gorose Harso

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.

References

Gawwada language Wikipedia


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