Shinasha language

Shinasha
Shinasha
Borna
Region	Ethiopia
Ethnicity	61,000 Bora (2007 census)
Native speakers	36,000 (2007 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Gonga Shinasha; ; ; ;
Dialects	Amuru; Wenbera; Gamila; Guba;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bwo
Glottolog	boro1277
ELP	Boró

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Shinasha language

Shinasha, also known as Boro (Borna, Bworo) is a North Omotic language spoken in western Ethiopia by the Shinasha people. Its speakers live in scattered areas north of the Abay River: in the Dangur, Bullen, Dibate and Wenbera districts, which are parts of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region.^[4]

Notes

↑ Borna at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
↑ Borna at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
↑ Ethiopia 2007 Census
↑ Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. "Boro, a language of Ethiopia", Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

Lamberti, Marcello (1993) Die Shinassha-Sprache – Materialien zum Boro. Heidelberg. Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

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Shinasha
Borna
Region	Ethiopia
Ethnicity	61,000 Bora (2007 census)^[1]
Native speakers	36,000 (2007 census)^[2]^[3]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Gonga Shinasha
Dialects	Amuru Wenbera Gamila Guba
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bwo`
Glottolog	`boro1277`
ELP	Boró