Alternate Names: Central West Gurage, Gouraghie, Guragie, Gurague, West Gurage
Dialects: Chaha (Cheha), Ezha (Eza, Izha), Gumer (Gwemarra), Gura, Gyeto, Muher. Member of Gurage subgroup of languages.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 440,000. Chaha 130,000, Gura 20,000, Muher 90,000, Gyeto 80,000, Ezha 120,000.
Language Use: Also use Amharic [amh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%. NT: 1983.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Ethiopic
Nation of Origin: Ethiopia