Ale-Gawwada
Ale-Gawwada is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, by about 69 thousand people.
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Ale (also known as Gawwada, Gauwada, Gawata, Kawwad'a, Kawwada) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southern Ethiopia in the administratively part of the "South Ethiopia Regional State" (SERS). It is part of the Dullay dialect cluster.
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Words in Ale-Gawwada
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | qawXo* | |
| name | makako* | |
| eye | ixxa* | |
| ear | qama* | |
| nose | sinda* | |
| tooth | ilka* | |
| tongue | arrapko* | |
| hand | Xargo* | |
| blood | Caqta* | |
| bone | maqqa* | |
| skin | xabo* | |
| knee | kilpayo* | |
| breast | adunko* | |
| liver | tira* | |
| water | ʕanɗ-e | |
| fire | xatta* | |
| sun | Xallikko* | |
| star | huska* | |
| stone | ikako* | |
| mountain | gupo* | |
| tree | karko* | |
| leaf | misa* | |
| night | awna* | |
| dog | xaro* | |
| fish | xara* | |
| louse | isqaya* | |
| one | tokko* | |
| two | lakka* | |
| I | ano* | |
| you | ato* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- TsamaiAfro-Asiatic28% alike
- DirashaAfro-Asiatic24% alike
- OromoAfro-Asiatic19% alike
- Borana-Arsi-Guji OromoAfro-Asiatic16% alike
- KonsoAfro-Asiatic16% alike
- Eastern OromoAfro-Asiatic15% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · gaww1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gwd