Koore language

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Koorete (also Amaarro, Amarro, Badittu, Koore, Koyra, Kwera, Nuna) is the language spoken by the Koore people of southern Ethiopia.

Koorete
Native toEthiopia
RegionEast of Lake Chamo
Native speakers
160,000 (2007 census)[1]
Ethiopic, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3kqy
Glottologkoor1239

Notes

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  1. ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

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  • Hayward, Richard. 1982. Notes on the Koyra Language. Afrika und Übersee 65: pp. 211–268.
  • Mendisu, Binyam Sisay. 2010. Aspects of Koorete Verb Morphology. Köppe: Cologne.
  • Theil, Rolf. 2011. Koorete segmental phonology. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 32: pp. 275–306.
  • Theil. Rolf. 2013. Koorete tonology. Pp. 167–174 in: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cushitic and Omotic Languages, Paris, 16–18 April 2008. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
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