Bosha language
| Garo | |
|---|---|
| Bosha | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Kingdom of Garo |
| Extinct | after 19th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in Kafa [kbr]) |
| Glottolog | bosh1241 |
Garo, also known as Bosha after the Bosha dynasty, is an extinct Omotic language of Ethiopia. Ethnologue lists it as a dialect of the Northern Omotic Kafa language, but notes that it may be a distinct language.[1] Other sources list it as unclassified.[2] A few rememberers could be found in the 1970s.[3] The Kingdom of Garo was a culturally Gonga enclave within the southern Oromo area.
References
- ^ Kafa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List
- ^ Staff, ASLIP (2009). "Gone Missing: some recent extinctions and some fakes" (PDF). Mother tongue: Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory. 14: 195–215.