Dullay languages

Dullay languages
Dullay
Geographic
distribution:		 Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia
Linguistic classification: Afro-Asiatic
Subdivisions:

The Dullay languages belong to the Cushitic subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic language family and are spoken in Ethiopia.[1] Dullay is a dialect continuum consisting of the Bussa, Gawwada and Tsamai languages.

The name Dullay is derived from the name Dullay-speaking groups use for the Weito River. Other terms that have been used for this language family in scientific literature are Werizoid (from the former administrative name of the area inhabited by Dullay speakers) and Qawko (from the word "man" in Dullay languages).

Notes

  1. ^ Ethnologue entry for Dullay languages

Further reading

  • Gunter Minker, Herrmann Amborn, Hans-Jürgen Sasse: Das Dullay: Materialien zu einer ostkuschitischen Sprachgruppe, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1980, ISBN 9783496001058 (German)
  • Mauro Tosco: Gawwada Morphology, in: Alan S. Kaye (ed.): Morphologies of Asia and Africa, 2007, ISBN 9781575061092

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