Kwegu (also Bacha, Koegu, Kwegi, Menja, Nidi) is a Surmic language spoken in the Southwest of Ethiopia, on the west bank of the Omo River.
| Kwegu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Southwest, Omo River west bank |
| Ethnicity | 5,100 Kwegu (2007 census) |
Native speakers | (ca. 300 cited 1987-1990)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xwg |
| Glottolog | kweg1241 |
| ELP |
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  Kwegu | |
| Coordinates: 7°00′00″N 36°04′59″E / 7.0°N 36.083°E | |
References edit
- ^ "Endangered Languages Project – Kwegu". Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- Hieda, Osamu. 1998. "A sketch of Koegu grammar: Towards reconstructing Proto-Southeastern Surmic" in Gerrit Dimmendaal and Marco Last (eds.), Surmic Languages and Cultures. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. pp 345–373.
External links edit
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Kwegu
- Kwegu basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
- ELAR archive of Koegu (Kwegu)
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