Dawro language

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The Dawro language is an Omotic language of southwestern Ethiopia spoken by the Dawro people and closely related to Wolaytta.

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Dawro language canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Omotic language
language
alsoKnownAs Dawro
Dawuro
closelyRelatedTo Wolaytta language
country Ethiopia
ethnicGroup Dawro people
hasAlternativeClassification Central Ometo language
hasAncestor Proto-Omotic language
hasDialects Dawro dialects
hasGlottocode dawr1238
hasGlottologName Dawro
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative morphology
subject–object–verb word order
hasNeighborLanguage Gamo language
Gofa language
Malo language
Wolaytta language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tonal distinctions
hasStandardForm regional standard Dawro
hasSubject Dawro grammar
Dawro lexicography
Dawro phonology
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable
isMinorityLanguageIn Ethiopia
ISO639-3Code dwr
isSpokenIn Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Omotic languages
region Southwestern Ethiopia
sharesLexiconWith Gamo language
Gofa language
Wolaytta language
spokenBy Dawro people
subfamilyOf North Omotic languages
linked to: North Omotic

Ometo languages
usedFor local administration in Dawro Zone
oral tradition of Dawro people
usedIn Dawro Zone
usedInEducation primary education in some schools in Dawro Zone
writingSystem Ethiopic script

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wolaytta closelyRelatedTo Dawro language
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro hasPart Dawro language
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro closelyRelatedTo Dawro language
Gamo language neighboringLanguage Dawro language