Alternate Names: Boro, Bworo, Scinacia, Shinasha
Dialects: Amuru, Bulen-Dibat’e, Gamila, Guba, Wambera, Wenbera-Dangur. Scattered dialect groups. Lexical similarity: 46% with Shekkacho ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 37,500 (2007 census). 140 Gamila. 18,600 monolinguals. 77 Gamila. L2 users: 2,280. 45 Gamila.
Language Use: Used by all children in Dibat’e and most children in Bulen and Dangur. Children in Wenbera speak Oromo [hae]. Positive attitudes. Also use Amharic [amh], Oromo [orm].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 25% in Amharic.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Ethiopic, Latin
Nation of Origin: Ethiopia
Other Comments: Boro is the ethnic name.