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Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz) is a dialect cluster spoken along the border of Ethiopia and Sudan. It has been tentatively classified within the Nilo-Saharan family. Most Ethiopian speakers live in Kamashi Zone and Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region , although a group of 1,000 reportedly live outside the town of Welkite (Unseth 1989).
- Ethiopia: 160,000 (2007 census), Sudan: 88,000 (2017)
There are four to five Bʼaga languages. Grammatical forms are distinct between Northern Gumuz and Southern Gumuz. [5] Yaso is at least a divergent dialect, perhaps distinct enough to count as a separate language. Daatsʼiin, discovered in 2013, is closest to Southern Gumuz, while Kadallu in Sudan is attested by only two short word lists.
- border of Ethiopia and Sudan
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Gule, Kwama, Shita, Uduk, Komo. The Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz and Gumz) are an ethnic group speaking a Nilo-Saharan language inhabiting the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in western Ethiopia, as well as the Fazogli region in Sudan. They speak the Gumuz language, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family. [citation needed]
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Oct 25, 2023 · Gumuz is spoken by about 249,000 people in northwestern Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan. It is tentatively classified as a Nilo-Saharan language. There are about 160,000 Gumuz speakers in the Kamashi and Metekel zones of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, and another 1,000 outside the town of Welkite in the Central Ethiopia Regional State.
Abstract. This chapter describes the Nilo-Saharan language, Northern Gumuz (NoG), that forms part of the broader Gumuz dialect cluster spoken across northwestern Ethiopia and southeastern Republic of Sudan. The speakers of NoG live side-by-side among ethnic groups who speak other mother tongue languages such as Amharic, Awngi, Shinasha and Oromo.
Gumuz is a dialect cluster spoken along the border of Ethiopia and Sudan. It has been tentatively classified within the Nilo-Saharan family. Most Ethiopian speakers live in Kamashi Zone and Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, although a group of 1,000 reportedly live outside the town of Welkite. The Sudanese speakers live in the area east of Er Roseires, around Famaka and Fazoglo on ...
There are approximately 200,000 speakers, the majority of which reside in Ethiopia. This study is a phonological and grammatical analysis of two main dialects/languages: Northern Gumuz and Southern Gumuz. The study provides an overview of the Gumuz people and culture, including historical accounts of the language(s) and migration patterns.
