Sebat Bet Gurage

A language of Ethiopia

Central West Gurage, Gouraghie, Gurage, Guragie, Gurague, West Gurage

ሰባት ቤት ጉራጌ‎ (Səbat Bet Gurage)

2,170,000 (2018). Ethnic population: 2,710,000 (2018).

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: west Gurage zone; Emdibir area (Chaha dialect); Agenna (Ezha dialect); Gura Megenase and Wirir areas (Gura dialect); K’abul and K’want’e (Gyeto dialect); Ch’eza area, mountains north of Chaha and Ezha (Muher dialect).

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Outer, tt-Group

Dialects

Chaha (Cheha), Ezha (Eza, Izha), Gumer (Gwemarra), Gura, Gyeto, Muher (Muxir). Member of Gurage subgroup of languages.

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Amharic [amh].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%. Bible: 2010.