Alternate Names: North Gurage, Soddo, Soddo Gurage
Dialects: Dobi (Dobbi, Goggot, Gogot), Soddo (Aymallal, Aymellel, Kestane, Kistane). Not intelligible with Silt’e , or Sebat Bet Gurage ,. Dobi dialect comprehension of Soddo is 76%, and Soddo speakers’ of Dobi is 90%.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 255,000 (1994 census). Ethnic population: 364,000 (1994 census). Includes 4,000 Gogot. L2 users: 60,500.
Language Use: Also use Amharic [amh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 22%.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Ethiopic
Nation of Origin: Ethiopia
Other Comments: Not used in media. Christian.