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Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz) is a dialect cluster spoken along the border of Ethiopia and Sudan. It has been tentatively classified within the Nilo-Saharan family. Most Ethiopian speakers live in Kamashi Zone and Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, although a group of 1,000 reportedly live outside the town of Welkite (Unseth 1989). The Sudanese speakers live in the area east of Er Roseires, around Famaka and Fazoglo on the Blue Nile, extending north along the border.[1] Dimmendaal et al. (2019) suspect that the poorly attested varieties spoken along the river constitute a distinct language, Kadallu.[2]
An early record of this language is a wordlist from the Mount Guba area compiled in February 1883 by Juan Maria Schuver.[3]
^ abcGumuz at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^Gerrit Dimmendaal, Colleen Ahland & Angelika Jakobi (2019) Linguistic features and typologies in languages commonly referred to as 'Nilo-Saharan', Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics, p. 6–7
^Wendy James, et al., Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North East Africa, 1880-1883 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1996), pp. 340-43
three Gumuzlanguages. Grammatical forms are distinct between northern and southern Gumuz. Daats'iin, discovered in 2013, is clearly a distinct language, though...
The Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz and Gumz) are an ethnic group speaking a Nilo-Saharan language inhabiting the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in western Ethiopia...
determine their own working languages. Amharic is recognised as the official working language of Amhara Region, Benishangul-Gumuz, Southern Nations, Nationalities...
Gumuz may refer to: the Gumuzlanguage the Gumuz people This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gumuz. If an internal link led...
Gumuz, and Koman lexical forms. The comparison with reconstructed languages of the Surmic and Koman branch as well as three languages from the Gumuz branch...
Nilo-Saharan Language Phylum". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages. Colleen Ahland, 2010. "The Classification of Gumuz and Koman Languages" presented...
languages are spoken in Blue Nile state according to Ethnologue. Berta languageGumuzlanguage Hausa language Eastern Jebel languages Gaam language Aka...
Ababa: Benishangul-GumuzLanguage Development Project 2007. A. N. Tucker & M. A. Bryan. Linguistic Analyses: The Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa...
or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
doubts have been raised over the Koman, Gumuz and Kadu branches. Some of the better known Nilo-Saharan languages are Kanuri, Fur, Songhay, Nobiin and the...
language, spoken in the South Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, along the Sudan border between Asosa and Gidami. An early record of this language...
Bullen, Dibate and Wenbera districts, which are parts of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. Borna at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Borna at Ethnologue (27th ed...
The Komuz languages are a proposed branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family which would include the Koman languages, the Gumuzlanguages and the Shabo...
Zone in the Amhara Region. It is a language of primary education in Oromia, Harari, Dire Dawa, Benishangul-Gumuz and Addis Ababa and of the Oromia Zone...
Kadallu is a poorly attested Gumuzlanguage of southeastern Sudan. It is known only from two short word lists. It is spoken on the Blue Nile in the southeastern...
Arabic name "Beni-Shangul" (as in the Ethiopian province of Benishangul-Gumuz) derives from a Berta expression (with bele "rock/stone" misanalyzed as...
Nilotic languages. p. 3. Otero, M. A. (2014). Notes from the Komo Language Discover Your Grammar Workshop. Addis Ababa: Benishangul-GumuzLanguage Development...
ગુજરાતી Official language in: the Indian union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and the Indian state of Gujarat Gumuz – Bega Spoken...
south of Bambasi in the Asosa Zone of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, west of the Hozo and Seze languages and in Blue Nile State in Sudan. It is estimated that...
Kusa, Oklahoma, United States Kusa, indigenous name of Beles River (in Gumuzlanguage) KUSA (TV), a television station (channel 9) licensed to Denver, Colorado...
Federalism and conflict management in Ethiopia: case study of Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State (PhD). United Kingdom: University of Bradford. hdl:10454/5388...
239–271. Ahland, Colleen (2010). "The Classification of Gumuz and Koman Languages". Language Isolates in Africa Workshop. "Burushaski Script In Roman...
The Beles (Kusa in Gumuzlanguage) is a river of western Ethiopia. A tributary of the Abay river (better known as the Blue Nile), the Beles rises in Dangur...
Asosa or Assosa is the capital of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia. Located in the Asosa Zone, this town has a latitude and longitude of 10°04′N 34°31′E...
areas of Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. Until recently, Kunfäl, another Southern Agaw language spoken in the area west of Lake Tana, has...
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