Koore language explained

Koorete
States:	Ethiopia
Region:	East of Lake Chamo
Date:	2007 census
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:	Omotic
Fam3:	North
Fam4:	Ometo
Fam5:	East
Script:	Ethiopic, Latin
Iso3:	kqy
Glotto:	koor1239
Glottorefname:	Koorete

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

Bibliography

• 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.

External links

• World Atlas of Language Structures information on Koorete
• Website maintained by the language community, includes published literature in the Koore language

Notes and References

1. http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=264&format=raw&Itemid=521 Ethiopia 2007 Census