Zay language

Zay language

language
name=Zay
nativename=
states=Ethiopia
region=Lake Zway
speakers=4,880
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Semitic
fam3=South Semitic
fam4=Ethiopic
fam5=South Ethiopic
fam6=Transverse
fam7=East Gurage
iso2=sem|iso3=zwa

The Zay language is one of the Ethiopic languages. It is spoken by about 4,880 members of the Zay people on the islands and shores of Lake Zway in southern Ethiopia. It is also known as Zway, or Lak'i/Laqi in the neighboring Oromo language.

References

* Ambaw Demissie (1990), "The phonology of Zay: A generative approach". M.A. thesis. Addis Ababa University.
* Getu Shikur (1999), "Morphology of Zay". M.A. thesis. Addis Ababa University.
* Wolf Leslau (1999), "Zway Ethiopic Documents". Aethiopische Forschungen, Band 51. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 3-447-04162-5.
* Ronny Meyer (2005), "Das Zay: Deskriptive Grammatik einer Ostguragesprache (Äthiosemitisch)". Grammatical Analyses of African Languages, vol. 25. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. ISBN 3-89645-541-9.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=zwa Ethnologue report for Zay]


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