Gurage languages

E87295

South Ethiosemitic languages language group

The Gurage languages are a group of closely related South Ethiosemitic languages spoken primarily by the Gurage people in central and southwestern Ethiopia.

Aliases (2)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South Ethiosemitic languages → language group →
areAssociatedWith	Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region → Gurage cultural identity →
areEndangeredStatus	some varieties are endangered →
areGeographically	fragmented →
areHistorically	classified as Southern Ethiopian Semitic →
areInfluencedBy	Amharic language → Oromo language →
areLinguistically	diverse →
areSometimesClassifiedInto	Eastern Gurage → Northern Gurage → Western Gurage →
areSubjectOf	comparative Semitic linguistics research → historical linguistics research →
areUsedBy	Gurage diaspora communities →
areUsedFor	daily communication → local trade →
hasDialectContinuumWith	Amharic language →
hasLanguage	Chaha language → Dobbi language → Endegen language → Ezha language → Gogot language → Gumer language → Gura language → Gurage Mesqan language → Inor language → Kistane language → Mesmes language → Muher language → Sebat Bet Gurage → Soddo language → Zay language →
hasWritingSystem	Geʽez script →
haveFeature	SOV basic word order → complex verb morphology → emphatic consonants → root-and-pattern morphology →
haveISOClassification	multiple distinct ISO 639-3 codes for individual languages →
region	Horn of Africa →
spokenBy	Gurage people →
spokenIn	Ethiopia → central Ethiopia → southwestern Ethiopia →
subclassOf	Afroasiatic languages → Ethiosemitic languages → Semitic languages →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Afroasiatic languages → South Semitic languages →	includesLanguage
Ge'ez →	ancestorOf
Gurage languages ("classified as Southern Ethiopian Semitic") →	areHistorically
Gurage languages ("Gurage Mesqan language") →	hasLanguage
Geʽez →	influenced
Geʽez script →	usedForLanguage