Gamo language

E511080

The Gamo language is an Omotic language of southwestern Ethiopia spoken by the Gamo people and closely related to neighboring Wolaytta.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gamo language canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Omotic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeName Gamo-Gofa-Dawro (historical cover term) ⓘ
Gamoigna ⓘ
Gamoñña ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Wolaytta language ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
ethnologueName Gamo ⓘ
glottologName Gamo ⓘ
hasDomain home ⓘ
local administration (limited) ⓘ
market ⓘ
hasEthnicAssociation Gamo people ⓘ
hasGlottocode gamo1243 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code gmv ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature SOV word order ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
tone or pitch accent (Omotic-typical) ⓘ
hasNativeSpeakersIn Gamo Zone ⓘ
Gofa Zone ⓘ
hasResourceType Bible translations (partial) ⓘ
grammars and wordlists ⓘ
linguistic descriptions ⓘ
hasStatus regional language in Ethiopia ⓘ
isPartOf Gamo-Gofa-Dawro cluster ⓘ
linked to: Gamo-Gofa-Dawro
languageFamily Omotic ⓘ
macroFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
neighboringLanguage Dawro language ⓘ
Gofa language ⓘ
Wolaytta language ⓘ
Zargulla language ⓘ
region Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ
speaks Gamo language ⓘ
spokenAlongside Amharic ⓘ
Wolaytta language ⓘ
spokenBy Gamo people ⓘ
spokenIn Ethiopia ⓘ
Southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
subfamily North Omotic ⓘ
usedFor dailyCommunication ⓘ
localTrade ⓘ
oralTradition ⓘ
usedInEducationLevel primary (in some local schools) ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Wolaytta → closelyRelatedTo → Gamo language ⓘ
Gamo → hasAlternativeName → Gamo language ⓘ
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro → closelyRelatedTo → Gamo language ⓘ
Gamo people → speaks → Gamo language ⓘ
subject linked to: Gamo language
Gofa language → hasNeighborLanguage → Gamo language ⓘ
Dawro language → sharesLexiconWith → Gamo language ⓘ
Dawro language → hasNeighborLanguage → Gamo language ⓘ
Southwestern Ethiopia → languageSpoken → Gamo language ⓘ
Omotic–Datooga languages → includes → Gamo language ⓘ