Hozo language
| Hozo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | in Benishangul-Gumuz Region, South of Asosa |
Native speakers | 3,000 (1995)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
hoz |
| Glottolog |
hozo1236[2] |
Hozo is an Afroasiatic language spoken mostly in the Kondala woreda of Mirab Welega Zone (Western Oromia) by peoples generically known as "Mao". There are smaller groups of Hozo speakers in Mana Sibu woreda. The term Hozo is usually understood by the Mao to refer to a clan. Hozo speakers prefer to call themselves Amo. Hozo and Seze are sometimes called Begi Mao.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 Hozo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Hozo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Further reading
- Bender, M. Lionel (2007): Hozo-Sezo. in: Uhlig, Siegbert (ed.): Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Vol.3, Wiesbaden, pp. 85–86.
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