Sebat Bet Gurage

SGW

developing

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:

Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
South
Ethiopian
South
Outer
tt-Group

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