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Sebat Bet Gurage

Afro-Asiatic (Semitic, Ethiopian, Gurage)

FamilyAfro-Asiatic (Semitic, Ethiopian, Gurage) Speakers~440K ScriptGe'ez (Ethiopic) / Latin CountriesEthiopia Official inNo (Amharic is the federal working language); recognized regional Vitalitysafe ISO 639-3sgw

Sebat Bet Gurage (literally "Seven Houses Gurage" — a macrolanguage covering the western Gurage cluster of seven mutually intelligible varieties: Chaha, Ezha, Inor, Endegegn, Gumer, Geta, Muher) is an Ethiopian Semitic language of southwestern Ethiopia. The Gurage people are renowned across Ethiopia as merchants and entrepreneurs and have a distinctive ensete-based agricultural cuisine. Sebat Bet Gurage is the most documented Gurage variety thanks to Hetzron's (1972) classic work on Ethiopian Semitic.

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Sebat Bet Gurage

Water

ሞዬ

/moje/

Fire

እሳት

/ɨsat/

Sun

ፀሐይ

/tsʼɛhaj/

Moon

ጨረቃ

/t͡ʃʼɛɾɛkʼa/

Mother

ኤንም

/enɨm/

Father

አባ

/aba/

Eat

ወቸ

/wɛt͡ʃɛ/

Drink

ሰታ

/sɛta/

Love

ፍቅር

/fɨkʼɨr/

Heart

ልብ

/lɨb/

Tree

ዛፍ

/zaf/

House

ቤት

/bet/

Dog

ውሻ

/wɨʃa/

Cat

ድመት

/dɨmɛt/

Hand

እጅ

/ɨd͡ʒ/

Eye

አይን

/ajn/

Hello

እንደምን

/ɨndɛmɨn/

Thank you

ኣምስከነለንት

/amɨskɛnɛlɛnt/

One

አት

/at/

Good

ሞጨ

/mot͡ʃɛ/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Afro-Asiatic (Semitic, Ethiopian, Gurage) languages

Meaning Sebat Bet GurageAmharicTigreTigrinyaGe'ezMandaicHebrew
Water ሞዬ /moje/ ውሃ /wɨha/ ማይ /maj/ ማይ /maj/ ማይ /maːj/ ࡌࡉࡀ /mia/ מים /majim/
Fire እሳት /ɨsat/ እሳት /ɨssat/ እሳት /ʔəssat/ ሓዊ /ħawi/ እሳት /ʔəsaːt/ ࡍࡅࡓࡀ /nura/ אש /eʃ/
Sun ፀሐይ /tsʼɛhaj/ ፀሐይ /tsʼɛhaj/ ጸሓይ /tsʼəħaj/ ጸሓይ /tsʼəħaj/ ፀሐይ /sˤaħaj/ ࡔࡀࡌࡔࡀ /ʃamʃa/ שמש /ʃemeʃ/
Moon ጨረቃ /t͡ʃʼɛɾɛkʼa/ ጨረቃ /t͡ʃʼɛɾɛkʼa/ ወርሕ /waɾəħ/ ወርሒ /wərħi/ ወርኅ /warχ/ ࡎࡉࡓࡀ /sira/ ירח /jaˈʁeaχ/
Mother ኤንም /enɨm/ እናት /ɨnnat/ እሞ /ʔəmmo/ ኣደ /ʔaddə/ እም /ʔəmm/ ࡀࡌࡀ /ama/ אמא /ima/
Father አባ /aba/ አባት /abbat/ አቦ /ʔabbo/ ኣቦ /ʔabbo/ አብ /ʔab/ ࡀࡁࡀ /aba/ אבא /aba/
Eat ወቸ /wɛt͡ʃɛ/ መብላት /mɛblat/ በልዐ /balʕa/ ምብላዕ /mɨblaʕ/ በልዐ /balʕa/ ࡀࡊࡀࡋ /akal/ לאכול /leχol/
Drink ሰታ /sɛta/ መጠጣት /mɛtʼɛtʼːat/ ሰትየ /satja/ ምስታይ /mɨstaj/ ሰትየ /satja/ ࡔࡕࡀ /ʃta/ לשתות /liʃtot/
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