Gawwada language

Gawwada language
Gawwada
Spoken in Ethiopia
Region Dirashe special woreda, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region
Native speakers 32,700 including 27,500 monolinguals  (1998)
Language family
Writing system Ethiopic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gwd

Gawwada (also known as Gauwada, Gawata, Kawwad'a, Kawwada) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southern Ethiopia. Dialects include Dihina, Gergere, Gobeze, Gollango, Gorose, Harso.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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