Gurage
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Language Information
Gurage is spoken in Ethiopia, in the Gurage Zone southwest of Addis Ababa, and by large Gurage communities in Addis Ababa and other Ethiopian cities.
Gurage is a group of about a dozen related Semitic languages, including Sebat Bet Gurage (Chaha), Soddo, and Silt'e. Together they have well over a million speakers. They belong to the Ethiopic branch of Semitic, related to Amharic, and are influenced by neighboring Cushitic languages. The Gurage are known throughout Ethiopia as traders and businesspeople.
Gurage is a group of about a dozen related Semitic languages, including Sebat Bet Gurage (Chaha), Soddo, and Silt'e. Together they have well over a million speakers. They belong to the Ethiopic branch of Semitic, related to Amharic, and are influenced by neighboring Cushitic languages. The Gurage are known throughout Ethiopia as traders and businesspeople.
- Language Family
- Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic)
- Subgroup
- Semitic
- Branch
- Ethiopic