Boro language (Ethiopia)
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Shinasha, also known as Boro (Borna, Bworo) is a North Omotic
language spoken in western Ethiopia
by the Shinasha people. Its speakers live in scattered areas north of the Abay River: in the Dangur
, Dibate
and Wenbera
districts, which are parts of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region.
North Omotic languages
The North Omotic or Nomotic languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia.- References :*...
language spoken in western Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
by the Shinasha people. Its speakers live in scattered areas north of the Abay River: in the Dangur
Dangur
Dangur is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the Dangur range of mountains, which extend southwest from the mountains along the west side of Lake Tana...
, Dibate
Dibate (woreda)
Dibate is one of the 21 woredas, or districts, in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Metekel Zone, it is bordered by Mandura on the north, by the Dura River on the east which separates it from the Amhara Region, by the Abay River on the south which separates it from the Kamashi...
and Wenbera
Wenbera
Wenbera is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Metekel Zone, it is bordered on the south by the Kamashi Zone, on the west by the Asosa Zone, on the north by Guba, on the northeast by the Beles River which separates it from Dangur, and by Bulen on the...
districts, which are parts of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region.
Further reading
- Franz Rottland (1990), "A sketch of Shinasha morphology", Omotic Language Studies, Richard Hayward (editor), pp. 185–209. London: SOASSchool of Oriental and African StudiesThe School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
.
External links
- World Atlas of Language StructuresWorld Atlas of Language StructuresThe World Atlas of Language Structures is a database of structural properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials. It was first published by Oxford University Press as a book with CD-ROM in 2005, and was released as the second edition on the Internet in April 2008...
information on Shinassha