Shinasha language

{{short description|North Omotic language spoken in western Ethiopia}}

{{redirect|Borna language|the retired language description Borna (Democratic Republic of the Congo)|Spurious languages}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Shinasha

| nativename = Borna

| region = Ethiopia

| ethnicity = {{sigfig|60,600|2}} Bora (2007 census){{e27|bwo|Borna}}

| speakers = {{sigfig|35,900|2}}

| date = 2007 census

| ref = {{e27|bwo|Borna}}[http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=264&format=raw&Itemid=521 Ethiopia 2007 Census]

| familycolor = Afro-Asiatic

| fam2 = Omotic

| fam3 = North

| fam4 = Gonga

| dia1 = Amuru

| dia2 = Wenbera

| dia3 = Gamila

| dia4 = Guba

| script = Latin

| iso3 = bwo

| glotto = boro1277

| glottorefname = Boro (Ethiopia)

}}

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.Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bwo "Boro, a language of Ethiopia", Ethnologue: Languages of the World]. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.