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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

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87 core words in Sebat Bet Gurage

Water

እኻ

ɨxa

Fire

እሳት

ɨsat

Sun

ጬት

tʃʼet

Moon

ጨረቃ

tʃʼɛrɛkʼa

Star

ዀዀብ

xʷɐxʷɐb

Night

ምሳረ

mɨsarɐ

Rain

ዝራብ

zɨrab

Snow

በረጀ

bɐrɐdʒɐ

Wind

ንፋስ

nɨfas

Earth

አፈር

afɐr

Stone

እምር

ɨmɨr

Mountain

ቈቶ

kʼʷɐto

Sea

ባኽር

baxɨr

Mother

አዶት

adot

Father

አባ

aba

Daughter

ገረድ

ɡɐrɐd

I

እያ

ɨja

You

አኸ

axə

We

የና

jəna

Name

ሽም

ʃɨm

Person

ሰብ

sɐb

Head

ነር

nɐr

Eye

ኤን

en

Ear

እንዝር

ənzər

Mouth

አም

am

Tooth

ስን

sən

Tongue

አነበት

anɐbɐt

Hand

ኧጅ

ɛdʒ

Foot

ኧግር

ɛɡɨr

Heart

ልብ

lɨb

Bone

አጥም

atʼəm

Blood

ደም

dam

Love

ፍቅር

fɨkʼɨr

Tree

ኧጨ

atʃʼa

Dog

ግየ

ɡɨjɐ

Cat

ድመት

dɨmɛt

Fish

አሳ

asa

Bird

አን

an

Egg

እንራ

ɨnra

Horse

ፈረዝ

fɐrɐz

House

ቤት

bet

Milk

ኤብ

eb

Honey

ውየ

wɨjɐ

Salt

አሶ

aso

Wine

የወይን ጠጅ

jɐwɐjn tʼɐdʒ

Iron

ብረት

bɨrɐt

Wheel

መንኰራኩር

mɐnkʷɐrakʷɨr

Silk

ኻር

xar

Book

መጣፍ

mɐtʼaf

Eat

ወቸ

wɛtʃɛ

Drink

ሰጫ

sɐtʃʼa

One

አት

at

Two

ዄት

xʷet

Three

ሶስት

sost

Four

አርባት

arβət

Five

አምስት

amɨst

Hundred

በቅር

bəkʼɨr

Hello

እንደምን

ɨndɛmɨn

Thank you

ኣምስከነለንት

amɨskɛnɛlɛnt

Good

ወኼ

wɐxe

New

ገደር

ɡɐdɐr

Red

ዳማ

dama

White

ነጨ

nɐtʃʼɐ

Black

ጥር

tʼɨr

Blue

ሰማያዊ

sɐmajawi

Ninety-nine

ዝጠራም ዠጠ

zɨtʼəram ʒətʼə

Sources

Words compared

Compared with languages in the same classification: Afro-Asiatic (Semitic, Ethiopian, Gurage)

Meaning Sebat Bet GurageAmharicTigrinyaTigreGe'ezHarariHijazi Arabic
Water እኻ /ɨxa/ ውሃ /wɨha/ ማይ /maj/ ማይ /maj/ ማይ /maːj/ miy /miːj/ موية /ˈmoːja/
Fire እሳት /ɨsat/ እሳት /ɨssat/ ሓዊ /ħawi/ እሳት /ʔəssat/ እሳት /ʔəsaːt/ isat /isɑt/ نار /naːɾ/
Sun ጬት /tʃʼet/ ፀሐይ /tsʼɛhaj/ ጸሓይ /tsʼəħaj/ ጸሓይ /tsʼəħaj/ ፀሐይ /sˤaħaj/ ir /iːr/ شمس /ʃams/
Moon ጨረቃ /tʃʼɛrɛkʼa/ ጨረቃ /tʃʼɛɾɛkʼa/ ወርሒ /wərħi/ ወርሕ /warəħ/ ወርኅ /warχ/ wahri /wɑhri/ قمر /ɡamaɾ/
Star ዀዀብ /xʷɐxʷɐb/ ኮከብ /kokəb/ ኮኸብ /koˈxəb/ ኮከብ /kokəb/ ኮከብ /kokab/ kokäb /kokəb/ نجمة /nadʒma/
Night ምሳረ /mɨsarɐ/ ሌሊት /leːlit/ ለይቲ /lɐjti/ ላሊ /lali/ ሌሊት /leːlit/ lelit /lelit/ ليل /leːl/
Rain ዝራብ /zɨrab/ ዝናብ /zɨnab/ ዝናብ /zɨnab/ ዝለም /zaləm/ ዝናም /zenam/ — مطر /matˤar/
Snow በረጀ /bɐrɐdʒɐ/ በረዶ /bərədo/ ውርጪ /wɨrtʃʼi/ ዕጥብ በረድ /ʕətʼəb barad/ ሐመዳ /ħamadaː/ — ثلج /taldʒ/
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