Who are the Gurage people in Ethiopia?

The groups that are subsumed under the term Gurage originated in the Tigray region of Ethiopia as the descendants of military conquerors during the Aksumite empire. The Gurage languages, which are not always mutually intelligible, belong to the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.

Are Gurage people from Eritrea?

The Gurage people (/ɡʊəˈrɑːɡeɪ/) (Gurage: ጉራጌ) are Habesha people speaking the Gurage languages inhabiting Ethiopia. It is believed the name Gurage was derived from a place called Gura, Eritrea.

How many people live in Gurage?

Based on the 2020 population projection conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), Gurage has a total population of 5.000,000.

What is the meaning of Gurage?

: a Semitic language or group of closely related languages spoken in southern Ethiopia.

What language is gurage?

Gurage languages

East Gurage
Geographic distribution	Gurage Zone (Ethiopia)
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Ethiopic South Ethiopic Transversal South Ethiopic Harari – East Gurage East Gurage
Glottolog	silt1239 (Silte–Wolane) zayy1238 (Zay)

How many people are in Silte zone?

1,250,398
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 1,250,398, of whom 612,696 are men and 637,702 women; 78,525 or 6.28% are urban inhabitants.

How many woredas are in the Gurage Zone?

15 woredas
2.1. Description of the study area. Gurage zone has a land size of about 5932 km2 and consists 15 woredas [26] (Fig. 1).

What is the population of Oromo in Ethiopia 2020?

108,113,150
Population: 108,113,150 (July 2020 est.) Ethnic groups: Oromo 34.4%, Amhara (Amara) 27%, Somali (Somalie) 6.2%, Tigray (Tigrinya) 6.1%, Sidama 4%, Gurage 2.5%, Welaita 2.3%, Hadiya 1.7%, Afar (Affar) 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Silte 1.3%, Kefficho 1.2%, other 8.8% (2007 est.)

What is the smallest region in Ethiopia?

Harari Regional State
Harari Regional State lies in eastern Ethiopia, surrounded by Oromia region. It is the smallest regional state in Ethiopia, both in land mass and population.

Which region is largest in Ethiopia?

Oromia
It is also the largest regional state covering 353,690 353,690 square kilometres (136,560 sq mi) Oromia is the world’s 42nd most populous subnational entity, and the most populous subnational entity in Africa….Oromia.

Oromia Oromiyaa
Oromia
Flag Seal
Map of Ethiopia showing Oromia
Country	Ethiopia

Where do the Gurage people live in Ethiopia?

Gurage clothing, Gurage food, and the Gurage life made a unique people with unique culture that live in a green land and in the south of Ethiopia. People of Gurage are a member of the Afro-Asiatic family group.

Who are the native speakers of the Soddo language?

It is an Ethiopian Semitic language of the Northern Gurage subfamily. Its native speakers, the Soddo Gurage people, live predominantly in the Soddo district of the Gurage Zone.

What kind of people are the Gurage people?

People of Gurage are a member of the Afro-Asiatic family group. Also known as Afrasian. It is one of the largest language family including over 300 languages spoken predominantly in the horn of Africa. The Gurage clothing has its own design that makes it different from the rest of Ethiopia.