Bosha | |
Nativename: | Garo |
States: | Ethiopia |
Region: | Kingdom of Garo |
Extinct: | fl. through 19th century |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam1: | Afro-Asiatic? |
Fam2: | Omotic? |
Fam3: | North |
Fam4: | Gonga |
Fam5: | Kafa–Shekkacho |
Fam6: | (see text) |
Iso3: | none |
Iso3comment: | (included in [kbr]) |
Glotto: | bosh1241 |
Glottorefname: | Bosha |
Bosha is an extinct Omotic language of Ethiopia. Ethnologue lists it as a dialect of the Northern Omotic Kafa language, but notes that it may be a distinct language. Other sources list it as unclassified.[1] The Bosha state, the Kingdom of Garo, was a culturally Gonga enclave within the southern Oromo area.