Gedeo language explained

Gedeo
Nativename:ጌዴኡፈ (gedeʾufä)
States:Ethiopia
Region:Gedeo Zone, Guji Zone
Ethnicity:Gedeo
Speakers: million
Date:2018
Ref:e25
Script:Ge'ez script
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Cushitic
Fam3:Highland East Cushitic
Iso3:drs
Glotto:gede1246
Glottorefname:Gedeo

Gedeo is a Highland East Cushitic language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in south central Ethiopia. Alternate names for the language include Derasa, Deresa, Darassa, Geddeo, Derasanya, Darasa. It is spoken by the Gedeo people, who live in the highland area, southwest of Dila and east of Lake Abaya.

The languages has SOV word order. Verbs are marked for person, number, and gender of subject. Verbs are marked for voice: active, causative, middle, and passive.

The New Testament was published in the Gedeo language in 1986, using the Ethiopian syllabary.

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