| Nativename | ሰባት ቤት ጉራጌ (Səbat Bet Gurage) |
|---|---|
| States | Ethiopia |
| Region | West Gurage Zone |
| Ethnicity | Gurage |
| Speakers | million |
| Date | 2022 |
| Ref | e27 |
| Dia 1 | Chaha |
| Dia 2 | Ezha |
| Dia 3 | Gumer |
| Dia 4 | Endegegn |
| Dia 5 | Gyeto |
| Dia 6 | Muher |
| Dia 7 | Enemor |
| Familycolor | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam 2 | Semitic |
| Fam 3 | West Semitic |
| Fam 4 | South Semitic |
| Fam 5 | Ethiopic |
| Fam 6 | South |
| Fam 7 | Outer |
| Fam 8 | West Gurage |
| Iso 3 | sgw |
| Glotto | seba1251 |
| Glottorefname | Sebat Bet Gurage |
| Script | Geʽez script |
Sebat Bet ("Seven houses") is an Ethio-Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in Ethiopia.
Overview
One of the Gurage languages, Sebat Bet is divided into several dialects.[1] The latter are spoken in the western Gurage Region:
- Chaha (Cheha) is spoken in Cheha and is the best studied of these varieties
- Mesqan is spoken in Meskan
- Ezha (Eza, Izha) is spoken in Ezhana Wolene
- Muher is spoken in the mountains north of Cheha and Ezhana Wolene
- Geta is spoken in Geta
- Gumer (Gwemarra, Gʷəmarə), spoken in Gumer
- Inor (Ennemor), spoken in Enemorina Eaner
- Endegegn and the extinct Mesmes language are sometimes considered subdialects of Inor.
Notes
- ^ "Glottolog 5.0 - Sebat Bet Gurage". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
Further reading
- Leslau, Wolf. 1997. "Chaha (Gurage) Phonology" in Kaye, Alan S. (ed.): Phonologies of Asia and Africa 1. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. pp. 373–397.
- Rose, Sharon. 2007. "Chaha (Gurage) Morphology" in Kaye, Alan D. (ed.): Morphologies of Africa and Asia 1. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. pp. 403–427.
External links
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Chaha