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Sebat Bet Gurage language

Sebat Bet Gurage
ሰባት ቤት ጉራጌ‎ (Səbat Bet Gurage)
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	West Gurage Zone
Ethnicity	3.2 million Gurage (2022)^[1]
Native speakers	2.5 million (2022)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Ethiopic South Outer West Gurage Sebat Bet Gurage
Dialects	Chaha Ezha Gumer Endegegn Gyeto Muher Enemor
Writing system	Geʽez script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`sgw`
Glottolog	`seba1251`

Sebat Bet ("Seven houses") is an Ethio-Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in Ethiopia.

Overview

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One of the Gurage languages, Sebat Bet is divided into several dialects.^[2] 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

^ ^a ^b Sebat Bet Gurage at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^ "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

Languages of Ethiopia

Official languages

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languages

Ethiosemitic	Amharic Argobba Geʽez Gurage Harari Inor Mesqan Muher Sebat Bet Gurage Siltʼe Soddo Tigrinya Zay
Cushitic	Afar Alaba Ale Arbore Awngi Baiso Bussa Burji Daasanach Dirasha Gedeo Hadiyya Kambaata Konso Libido Oromo Qimant Saho Sidamo Somali Tsamai Xamtanga
Omotic	Aari Anfillo Bambassi Basketo Bench Boro Chara Dime Dizi Dorze Gamo-Gofa-Dawro Ganza Gayil Hamer-Banna Hozo Kachama-Ganjule Kafa Karo Koorete Maale Melo Nayi Oyda Seze Shekkacho Sheko Wolaitta Yemsa Zayse-Zergulla
Nilo-Saharan	Anuak Berta Daatsʼiin Gumuz Kacipo-Balesi Komo Kwama Kwegu Majang Meʼen Murle Mursi Nuer Nyangatom Opuuo Shabo Suri Uduk

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