Wolane language

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The Wolane language is an Afroasiatic Semitic language spoken by the Wolane people of central Ethiopia, closely related to other Gurage languages.

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instanceOf Semitic language
language
branch South Ethiopic
closelyRelatedTo other Gurage languages
continent Africa
country Ethiopia
ethnicity Wolane people NERFINISHED
family Afroasiatic NERFINISHED
hasAlignmentType nominative–accusative
hasAlternativeName Wolane NERFINISHED
Wolane Gurage NERFINISHED
hasBasicWordOrder subject–object–verb
hasCaseMarking postpositional elements
hasConsonantEmphasis ejective consonants GENERATED
hasGenderDistinction feminine
masculine
hasLanguageStatus minority language in Ethiopia
hasLexicalSimilarityWith other Gurage varieties
hasMorphologyType fusional
nonconcatenative
hasNumberDistinction plural
singular
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
gemination contrast
pharyngeal consonants
hasPhylum Afroasiatic NERFINISHED
hasReligionContext used in local Muslim communities
hasTenseAspectSystem prefix-conjugation verbs
suffix-conjugation verbs
hasTypologicalFeature agreement marking on verbs
rich verbal morphology
hasWordOrder SOV
isEndangered true
ISO639-3 wle
isPartOf Ethiopian Semitic languages NERFINISHED
isSpokenByPopulation several tens of thousands of speakers (approximate)
isSpokenIn rural areas of central Ethiopia
isUsedFor daily communication within Wolane communities
languageFamily Gurage languages NERFINISHED
primaryCountry Ethiopia NERFINISHED
region central Ethiopia
scriptType abugida
spokenBy Wolane people NERFINISHED
subbranch Gurage NERFINISHED
subfamily Semitic
usesRootAndPatternMorphology true
writingSystem Geʽez script NERFINISHED

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Silt'e language closelyRelatedTo Wolane language