Zayse-Zergulla language

Zayse-Zergulla
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	Gamo Gofa region, west of Lake Chamo
Native speakers	19,000 (2007 census)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Ometo East Zayse-Zergulla
Writing system	Ethiopic
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zay
Glottolog	zays1235[2]

Zayse-Zergulla is the combined title for the two closely related dialects of Zayse (also Zaysete, Zaisse, Zaysite, Zaysse) and Zergulla (or Zergula). The division may be more along ethnic or geographic lines than linguistic. It is an Afro-Asiatic Omotic language, and is spoken in the southwestern part of Ethiopia, to the immediate west of Lake Chamo. It is similar to the Gidicho dialect of the Koorete language.

Notes

1. Ethiopia 2007 Census
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Zayse-Zergulla". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Bibliography

• Hayward, Richard J. 1990. "Notes on the Zayse Language" in Omotic Language Studies. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. pp. 210–355.

External links

• World Atlas of Language Structures information on Zayse