Kwegu language

{{Short description|Surmic language spoken in Ethiopia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Kwegu

|nativename=

|pronunciation=

|states=Ethiopia

|region= Southwest, Omo River west bank

|coordinates = {{coord|7.0|36.083}}

|pushpin_map = Ethiopia

|ethnicity={{sigfig|5110|2}} Kwegu (2007 census)

|speakers= ca. 300

|date=1987-1990

|ref={{cite web|title = Endangered Languages Project – Kwegu| url =http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/2677| access-date = 6 March 2021}}

|familycolor=Nilo-Saharan

|fam2=Eastern Sudanic?

|fam3=Southern Eastern?

|fam4=Surmic

|fam5=South

|fam6=Southeast

|dia1=Yidinich (Yidinit)

|dia2=Muguji

|iso3=xwg

|glotto=kweg1241

|glottorefname=Kwegu

|ELP= 2677

}}

Kwegu (also Bacha, Koegu, Kwegi, Menja, Nidi) is a Surmic language spoken in the Southwest of Ethiopia, on the west bank of the Omo River.

References

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  • Hieda, Osamu. 1998. "A sketch of Koegu grammar: Towards reconstructing Proto-Southeastern Surmic" in Gerrit Dimmendaal and Marco Last (eds.), Surmic Languages and Cultures. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. pp 345–373.