Sebat Bet ("Seven houses") is an Ethiopian Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in Ethiopia.
Sebat Bet Gurage | |
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ሰባት ቤት ጉራጌ (Səbat Bet Gurage) | |
Native to | Ethiopia |
Region | West Gurage Zone |
Ethnicity | 3.2 million Gurage (2022)[1] |
Native speakers | 2.5 million (2022)[1] |
Dialects |
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Geʽez script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sgw |
Glottolog | seba1251 |
Overview
One of the Gurage languages, Sebat Bet is divided into several dialects.[2] The latter are spoken in the western Gurage Region:
- Chaha (Cheha) is spoken in Cheha and is the best studied of these varieties
- Mesqan is spoken in Meskan
- Ezha (Eza, Izha) is spoken in Ezhana Wolene
- Muher is spoken in the mountains north of Cheha and Ezhana Wolene
- Geta is spoken in Geta
- Gumer (Gwemarra, Gʷəmarə), spoken in Gumer
- Inor (Ennemor), spoken in Enemorina Eaner
- Endegegn and the extinct Mesmes language are sometimes considered subdialects of Inor.