• Gedeo is a Highland East Cushitic language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in south central Ethiopia. Alternate names for the language include Derasa...
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  • (SNNPR) is named for this people. They speak the Gedeo language, which is one of the Cushitic languages. According to the 2007 Ethiopian national census...
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  • Gedeo is the name of Gedeo people, an ethnic group in Ethiopia Gedeo language, the language spoken by the Gedeo Gedeo Zone, an administrative zone of...
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    Qimant language Xamtanga language East Cushitic Highland East Cushitic languages Burji language Sidaama-Hadiyya-Kambaata Alaba language Gedeo language Hadiyya...
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    Gedeo is a zone in the South Ethiopia Regional State (SERS) of Ethiopia. This zone is named for the Gedeo people, whose homelands lie in this zone. Gedeo...
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  • languages suggest that Sidaama is more closely related to the Gedeo language, which it shares a border with to the south, than other Sidamo languages...
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  • populous language is Sidama, with close to two million speakers. The languages are: Burji (divergent) Sidamoid (also Sidamic) Sidama Gedeo Hadiyya–Libido...
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  • List of alternative country names (category Articles containing Gedeo-language text)
    countries, and sovereign states, in English and any predominant or official languages of the country in question. Countries are listed alphabetically by their...
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    The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic...
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    Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (category Articles containing Amharic-language text)
    Melo, Gofa, Gedeo and Dime; because of the relatively few number of speakers of most of the languages in the region, the working language of the state...
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  • Deressa (category Articles containing Amharic-language text)
    Ethiopian former Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs Gedeo language, also known as the Deressa language This page or section lists people that share the same...
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    people Aweer people Garre Tunni Burji speakers of the Burji language Sidama people Gedeo people Hadiya people Kambaata people Halaba people Burunge people...
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  • "Sidamo, Darasa (Gedeo), Burji: phonological differences and likenesses," Journal of Ethiopian Studies 14:131-176. World Atlas of Language Structures information...
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    Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia. Located in Gedeo Zone, it has over 45,000 students belonging to different faculties. Dilla...
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    name, were merged into Sidamo. Sidamo was the scene of a revolt of the Gedeo people in 1960 who objected to a reorganization of the taxation system,...
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    Megaliths in Ethiopia (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    peoples Regional State (SNNPRS). The major megalithic sites are found in Gedeo Zone, Gurage Zone and Sidama Zone. Tiya is one of the megalithic sites registered...
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    Oromo people (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Somalis, leading to up to 400,000 displaced in 2017. Gedeo–Oromo clashes between the Oromo and the Gedeo people in the south of the country and continued...
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  • Fasil Ghebbi Harar Konso Awash Omo Lalibela Simien Tiya Bale Mountains Gedeo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...
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    can also be found in parts of northern Kenya. The Konso speak the Konso language (also known as affa xonso) as a mother tongue. It belongs to the Cushitic...
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  • Peoples Region. Silt'e people speak Siltʼe language a Semitic language which is closely related to the Harari language. Siltʼe denote their origin in Harar...
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    Gedeo (4.42%) and the Burji (3.17%); all other ethnic groups made up 3.63% of the population. Oromo was spoken as a first language by 90.94%, Gedeo was...
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    Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    clashes began between the Gedeo Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), made up of mostly Gedeo people, and the Guji Zone...
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    Sidama Region (category Articles containing Amharic-language text)
    (except for a short stretch in the middle where it shares a border with Gedeo zone, in South Ethiopia Regional State, on the west by the Bilate River...
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  • Argobba people (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    their area. These factors have led to a decline in usage of the Argobba language. Argobba are considered endangered today due to exogamy and destitution...
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  • Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town Yirgachefe. Part of the Gedeo Zone, Yirgachefe is bordered on the south by Kochere, on the west by the...
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    Gadaa (category Articles containing Oromo-language text)
    Oromos in Ethiopia and northern Kenya. It is also practiced by the Konso and Gedeo people of southern Ethiopia. The system regulates political, economic, social...
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    Harari people (category Articles containing Harari-language text)
    They speak the Harari language, a member of the South Ethiopic grouping within the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic languages. The Harla people, an...
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  • Abaya (woreda) (category Articles containing Oromo-language text)
    49%), the Gedeo (23.47%), and the Amhara (1.18%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.86% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 75.86%...
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  • Dila, Ethiopia (category Articles containing Amharic-language text)
    separate woreda in southern Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Gedeo Zone in the former Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR)...
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  • Shakiso (category Articles containing Oromo-language text)
    spoken as a first language by 65.61%, 25.72% amharic, and 0.86% spoke Gedeo; the remaining 7.81% spoke all other primary languages reported. "Tantalum...
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