Guji dialect

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The Guji dialect is a regional variety of the Oromo language spoken primarily by the Guji people of southern Ethiopia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Guji dialect canonical 2

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Oromo language
closelyRelatedTo Arsi dialect
Borana dialect
continent Africa
country Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
linked to: Ethiopia
ethnicAssociation Guji Oromo
hasLinguisticFeature gender and number agreement
rich verbal morphology
subject–object–verb word order
languageCode om (macrolanguage code for Oromo)
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
partOf Oromo language
linked to: Oromo
primaryLanguageOf Guji Zone (Oromia Region)
region Oromia Region
sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith other Oromo dialects
spokenBy Guji people
spokenIn Ethiopia
spokenInRegion southern Ethiopia
subbranch Lowland East Cushitic languages
subfamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
usedIn daily communication among Guji people
local trade and social interaction in Guji areas
oral tradition of Guji people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Borana-Arsi-Guji hasDialect Guji dialect
Southern Oromo hasDialect Guji dialect