Shinasha
Borna
RegionEthiopia
Ethnicity61,000 Bora (2007 census)[1]
Native speakers
36,000 (2007 census)[2][3]
Dialects
  • Amuru
  • Wenbera
  • Gamila
  • Guba
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3bwo
Glottologboro1277
ELPBoró

Shinasha, also known as Boro (Borna, Bworo) is a North Omotic language spoken in western Ethiopia by the Shinasha people. Its speakers live in scattered areas north of the Abay River: in the Dangur, Bullen, Dibate and Wenbera districts, which are parts of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Borna at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Borna at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
  4. ^ Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. "Boro, a language of Ethiopia", Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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Languages of Ethiopia
Omotic languages
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