Shinasha language

"Borna language" redirects here. For the retired language description Borna (Democratic Republic of the Congo), see Spurious languages.

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]

Shinasha
Borna
Region	Ethiopia
Ethnicity	61,000 Bora (2007 census)[1]
Native speakers	36,000 (2007 census)[2][3]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Gonga Shinasha
Dialects	Amuru Wenbera Gamila Guba
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bwo
Glottolog	boro1277
ELP	Boró

Notes

1. Borna at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
2. Borna at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
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.

References

• Lamberti, Marcello (1993) Die Shinassha-Sprache – Materialien zum Boro. Heidelberg. Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

Further reading

• Franz Rottland (1990), "A sketch of Shinasha morphology", Omotic Language Studies, Richard Hayward (editor), pp. 185–209. London: SOAS.
• Idar Bergfjord (2013), Issues in Borna Phonology, MA thesis, University of Oslo

External links

• World Atlas of Language Structures information on Shinassha
• Website maintained by the language community, with published literature, including an online dictionary