Zay language

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  • Afro-Asiatic languages Semitic languages West Semitic languages West Semitic languages Äthiosemitische languages Südäthiosemitische languages Zay

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Zwa

Zay ( ዛይኘ [za: jɲɲǝ ] or የዛይ አፍ [ jǝza: j af] ) is the language of Zay, an ethnic group that lives on the shores and islands of the Zway Lake in south-central Ethiopia.

Classification

The Zay is one of the äthiosemitischen languages ​​, a sub-group of the Semitic languages. The Äthiosemitische divided into the two groups of North and Südäthiosemitisch. The Zay is attributed to the Ostgurage languages ​​that form a subgroup of the transversals Südäthiosemitischen. When the closest related languages ​​are the Harari, the Silt'e and Wolane.

Language family Lake Zway Wolf Leslau
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