Sebat Bet Gurage language

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Native to Ethiopia Writing system Ethiopic		Region West Gurage Zone ISO 639-3 sgw
Native speakers (undated figure of 440,000) Language family Afro-AsiaticSemiticSouthEthiopianSouthOuterWest GurageSebat Bet Gurage

Sebat Bet ("Seven houses") is an Afroasiatic language spoken in Ethiopia.

Overview

One of the Gurage languages, Sebat Bet is divided into several dialects. The latter are spoken in the western Gurage Zone:

Chaha (Cheha) is spoken in Cheha and is the best studied of these varieties

Ezha (Eza, Izha) is spoken in Ezhana Wolene

Muher is spoken in the mountains north of Cheha and Ezhaha Wolene

Gura is spoken in Goro woreda

Gumer language (Gwemarra, Gʷəmarə), spoken in Gumer

Inor (Enemor), spoken in Enemorina Eaner

Gyeto, Endegegn and the extinct Mesmes language are sometimes considered subdialects of Inor.

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