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Zayse Zergulla language

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Native to
  
Ethiopia

Writing system
  
Ethiopic

Native speakers
  
19,000 (2007 census)

ISO 639-3
  
zay

Region
  
Gamo Gofa region, west of Lake Chamo

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Ometo East Zayse-Zergulla

Zayse-Zergulla is the combined title for the two closely related dialects of Zayse (also Zaysete, Zaisse, Zaysite, Zaysse) and Zergulla (or Zergula). The division may be more along ethnic or geographic lines than linguistic. It is an Afro-Asiatic Omotic language, and is spoken in the southwestern part of Ethiopia, to the immediate west of Lake Chamo. It is similar to the Gidicho dialect of the Koorete language.

References

Zayse-Zergulla language Wikipedia


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