The Gurage (/ɡʊəˈrɑːɡeɪ/, Gurage: ጉራጌ, ቤተ-ጉርዓ, ቤተ-ጉራጌ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia. They inhabit the Gurage Zone and East...
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Gurage is a zone in the Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. The region is home to the Gurage people. Gurage is bordered on the southeast by Hadiya...
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East Gurage Zone (Amharic: ምስራቅ ጉራጌ ዞን) is a zonal administration in the Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. East Gurage Zone is established in...
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The Soddo or Kistane (Gurage: ክስታኔ; endonym: Aymellel, Gordena) are a subgroup of the Gurage who inhabit the south-central part of Ethiopia, considered...
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Ethiopia. One of the Gurage languages, Sebat Bet is divided into several dialects. The latter are spoken in the western Gurage Region: Chaha (Cheha)...
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Soddo language (redirect from Soddo Gurage)
it) is a Gurage language spoken by a quarter million people in southeastern Ethiopia. It is an Ethiopian Semitic language of the Northern Gurage subfamily...
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the region are the Gurage and Hadiya, constituting 70 percent of the region's population, and the president hails from the Gurage people. Endashaw Tassew...
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Chaha language (redirect from Chaha Gurage)
Amharic: ቸሃ čehā or čexā) is a Sebat bet Gurage dialect spoken in central Ethiopia, mainly within the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities...
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Inor language (redirect from Ennemor Gurage language)
language spoken in central Ethiopia. One of the Gurage languages, it is mainly spoken within the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and...
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Ethiosemitic North Ge'ez Tigre–Tigrinya Gafat (†) Soddo–Mesqan–Gurage Soddo Mesqan–Gurage Mesqan Gurage Muher Chaha–Inor Silt'e–Zay–Harari Harari Silt'e, Zay Argobba–Amharic...
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Cushitic Sidamo, Afar, Hadiyya and Agaw languages, as well as the Semitic Gurage languages, Harari, Silt'e, and Argobba languages. Arabic, which also belongs...
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Mount Gurage or Zebidar terraria is a mountain located in central Ethiopia. It is the highest point in both the Gurage Zone and the entire Southern Nations...
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IPA: [kɨtfo]) is an Ethiopian traditional dish that originated among the Gurage people. It consists of minced raw beef, marinated in mitmita (a chili powder-based...
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1%), Gurage (3.2%), Tigray (2.71%), and Somali (1.68%). Languages recorded included Oromiffa (72.79%), Amharic (22.97%), Harari (7.61%), Gurage (1.13%)...
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in Yem special woreda Semitic: Amhara – 4.10%, widespread Gurage – 17.57, mostly in Gurage Zone Silte – 5.37%, mostly in Silt'e Zone Zayse – 0.1%, mostly...
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territories to the south, east, and west — areas inhabited by the Oromo, Sidama, Gurage, Welayta, and other peoples. He achieved this with the help of Ras Gobana...
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Tiya (archaeological site) (section Gurage stelae)
archaeological site in central Ethiopia. It is located in the Soddo woreda, in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region south of...
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Eritrea and Ethiopia. It has also been used to write Sebat Bet and other Gurage languages and at least 20 other languages of Ethiopia. In Eritrea it has...
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annexation for the next three hundred years. Wolane’s territory was annexed into Gurage after Abyssinian forces of Menelik invaded in the 1800's following the defeat...
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populated by Christian Amharas, while southern Shewa is inhabited by the Gurages and eastern Shewa has large Oromo and Argobba Muslim populations. The monastery...
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During the Ethiopian–Adal war, some Harari militia (malassay) settled in Gurage territory, forming the Siltʼe people. Hararis once represented the largest...
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second administrative center of the Central Ethiopia Regional State, and Gurage Zone . The town has a latitude and longitude of 8°17′N 37°47′E / 8.283°N...
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Menelik's forces invaded in the 1800s. Silte people were incorporated into Gurage region after their lands were annexed by Ethiopia following the defeat of...
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central Ethiopia. Located at the base of the Zebidar massif in the East Gurage Zone of the Central Ethiopia Regional State, Butajira has an elevation of...
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a Gurage mother. Imam Hassan's state dominated modern day southern Ethiopia in the 1800s through expansion towards all of Hadiya, parts of Gurage and...
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Harari–East Gurage Harari East Gurage Silt'e Zway Outer South Ethiopic n-group Gafat (extinct) Soddo tt-group Mesmes (extinct) Muher West Gurage Mesqan Sebat...
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eight miscarriages before giving birth to Haile Selassie.[citation needed] Gurage, an Oromo monarchy: Ethiopia, 1830-1932 By Herbert S. Lewis, pg. 41 Lewis...
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refugees Languages Tigre Religion Islam (95%) Christianity (5%) Related ethnic groups Tigrinya, Tigrayans, Amhara, Gurage and other Ethio-Semitic People...
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following centuries. Clans of Hadiya origin in Oromia, Sidama, Wolayta, Gurage, Tigray (Rayyaa, Azaaboo, and Ashaange), and Afar were completely absorbed...
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south-west of Addis Ababa, in the central part of Ethiopia. Located in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, this town...
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