Koore language
(Redirected from Koyra language)
| Koorete | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | East of Lake Chamo |
Native speakers | 160,000 (2007 census)[1] |
| Ethiopic, Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kqy |
| Glottolog | koor1239 |
Koorete (also Amaarro, Amarro, Badittu, Koore, Koyra, Kwera, Nuna) is the language spoken by the Koore people of southern Ethiopia.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
[edit]- 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
[edit]- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Koorete
- Website maintained by the language community, includes published literature in the Koore language
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