Boro language (Ethiopia)

Boro language (Ethiopia)

Infobox Language
name=Boro
region=Ethiopia
speakers=19,878 total, 18,567 monolinguals (1998)
iso3=bwo
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Omotic
fam3=North Omotic
fam4=Gonga-Gimojan
fam5=Gonga

Boro (also known as Bworo, Shinasha, Scinacia) is a North Omotic language spoken in western Ethiopia. Its speakers live in two areas north of the Abay River: in the Dibate and Wenbera districts, which are parts of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bwo Ethnologue report on Boro]


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