Gimira

E386660

Gimira is an Omotic language spoken in southwestern Ethiopia, primarily by the Gimira (Bench) people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gimira canonical 3
Gimira-Bench 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Omotic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Bench people ⓘ
Gimira people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bench ⓘ
Bench language ⓘ
Gimira (Bench) ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Benc ⓘ
Benchʼ ⓘ
hasDomain home ⓘ
local markets ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bcq ⓘ
hasGlottocode benc1236 ⓘ
hasGlottologEntry https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/benc1236 ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNeighbouringLanguage Amharic ⓘ
Dizi ⓘ
Me'en ⓘ
Sheko ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ
hasResearchField Omotic linguistics ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Amharic ⓘ
influencedBy Amharic ⓘ
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Ethiopia ⓘ
ISO639-3Code bcq ⓘ
languageBranch Omotic ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
locatedNear Bench Maji Zone ⓘ
region Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ
spokenBy Bench people ⓘ
Gimira people ⓘ
spokenIn Ethiopia ⓘ
Southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
subclassOf North Omotic language ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bench language → hasAlternativeName → Gimira-Bench ⓘ
linked to: Gimira
Omotic → languageFamilyOf → Gimira ⓘ