Gedeo language information

Gedeo is a Highland East Cushitic language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in south central Ethiopia. Alternate names for the language include Derasa...

(SNNPR) is named for this people. They speak the Gedeo language, which is one of the Cushitic languages. According to the 2007 Ethiopian national census...

Gedeo is the name of Gedeo people, an ethnic group in Ethiopia Gedeo language, the language spoken by the Gedeo Gedeo Zone, an administrative zone of...

Qimant language Xamtanga language East Cushitic Highland East Cushitic languages Burji language Sidaama-Hadiyya-Kambaata Alaba language Gedeo language Hadiyya...

Gedeo is a zone in the South Ethiopia Regional State (SERS) of Ethiopia. This zone is named for the Gedeo people, whose homelands lie in this zone. Gedeo...

languages suggest that Sidaama is more closely related to the Gedeo language, which it shares a border with to the south, than other Sidamo languages...

populous language is Sidama, with close to two million speakers. The languages are: Burji (divergent) Sidamoid (also Sidamic) Sidama Gedeo Hadiyya–Libido...

countries, and sovereign states, in English and any predominant or official languages of the country in question. Countries are listed alphabetically by their...

The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic...

Ethiopian former Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs Gedeo language, also known as the Deressa language This page or section lists people that share the same...

"Sidamo, Darasa (Gedeo), Burji: phonological differences and likenesses," Journal of Ethiopian Studies 14:131-176. World Atlas of Language Structures information...

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia. Located in Gedeo Zone, it has over 45,000 students belonging to different faculties. Dilla...

name, were merged into Sidamo. Sidamo was the scene of a revolt of the Gedeo people in 1960 who objected to a reorganization of the taxation system,...

peoples Regional State (SNNPRS). The major megalithic sites are found in Gedeo Zone, Gurage Zone and Sidama Zone. Tiya is one of the megalithic sites registered...

Fasil Ghebbi Harar Konso Awash Omo Lalibela Simien Tiya Bale Mountains Gedeo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...

12%), the Gedeo (3.95%), and the Welayta (3.62%); all other ethnic groups made up 11.46% of the population. Amharic is spoken as a first language by 63.61%...

can also be found in parts of northern Kenya. The Konso speak the Konso language (also known as affa xonso) as a mother tongue. It belongs to the Cushitic...

Somalis, leading to up to 400,000 displaced in 2017. Gedeo–Oromo clashes between the Oromo and the Gedeo people in the south of the country and continued...

their area. These factors have led to a decline in usage of the Argobba language. Argobba are considered endangered today due to exogamy and destitution...

first language by 77.91%, 14.16% spoke Gedeo, 4.31% spoke Amharic and 1.61% spoke Somali; the remaining 2.01% spoke all other primary languages reported...

(except for a short stretch in the middle where it shares a border with Gedeo zone, in South Ethiopia Regional State, on the west by the Bilate River...

Gedeo (4.42%) and the Burji (3.17%); all other ethnic groups made up 3.63% of the population. Oromo was spoken as a first language by 90.94%, Gedeo was...

February 2023 a referendum was held in the Wolayita, Gamo, Gofa, South Omo, Gedeo, and Konso Zones, as well as the Dirashe, Amaro, Burji, Ale, and Basketo...

Oromos in Ethiopia and northern Kenya. It is also practiced by the Konso and Gedeo people of southern Ethiopia. The system regulates political, economic, social...

They speak the Harari language, a member of the South Ethiopic grouping within the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic languages. The Harla people, an...