Gedeo
Gedeo is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, by about 980 thousand people.
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Gedeo is a Highland East Cushitic language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in south central Ethiopia. Alternate names for the language include Derasa, Deresa, Darassa, Geddeo, Derasanya, Darasa. It is spoken by the Gedeo people, who live in the highland area, southwest of Dila and east of Lake Abaya.
The languages has SOV word order. Verbs are marked for person, number, and gender of subject. Verbs are marked for voice: active, causative, middle, and passive.
The New Testament was published in the Gedeo language in 1986, using the Geʽez script.
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Words in Gedeo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mana* | |
| name | suma* | |
| eye | ile* | |
| ear | manSa* | |
| nose | sano* | |
| tooth | iso* | |
| tongue | arabo* | |
| hand | aNa* | |
| blood | munde* | |
| bone | miCo* | |
| skin | goga* | |
| knee | gulubo* | |
| breast | ununa* | |
| liver | tiro* | |
| water | wada7e* | |
| fire | gira* | |
| sun | ariSo* | |
| star | urje* | |
| stone | kinjo* | |
| mountain | tarba* | |
| tree | haka* | |
| leaf | Safa* | |
| night | haSa* | |
| dog | walCo* | |
| fish | kultume* | |
| louse | ibe* | |
| one | mite* | |
| two | lame* | |
| I | ani* | |
| you | ati* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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