Ale (also known as Gawwada, Gauwada, Gawata, Kawwad'a, Kawwada) is an
Afro-Asiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic su ...
language spoken in southern
Ethiopia. It is a
Dullay language. Varieties include Dihina, Gergere, Gollango (= Gaba?), Gorose, Harso; Blench (2006) considers these to be distinct languages.
[Blench, 2006]
The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List
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References
External links
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World Atlas of Language Structures information o
Dullay (Gollango)Gawwada language topical vocabulary list(from th
World Loanword Database
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Languages of Ethiopia
East Cushitic languages
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