Alternate Names: Dobase, D’oopace, D’opaasunte, Gobeze, Goraze, Gowase, Lohu, Mashelle, Mashile, Masholle, Mosiye, Musiye, Orase
Dialects: Mashola. There is a dialect chain with Konso-Dirasha-Dobase. Lexical similarity: 78% with Gawwada ,, 51% with Konso ,, 86% with the Gollango dialect of Gawwada, 80% with the Harso dialect of Gawwada, 61% with Tsamai ,.
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Demographics: 19,700 (2007 census). 10,500 Mashola. 4,960 monolinguals. L2 users: 920.
Language Use: Also use Dirasha [gdl], Komo [xom], Konso [kxc]. Used as L2 by Dirasha [gdl].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 14%.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Ethiopia