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.

Kwegu
Native toEthiopia
RegionSouthwest, Omo River west bank
Ethnicity5,100 Kwegu (2007 census)
Native speakers
(ca. 300 cited 1987-1990)[1]
Dialects
  • Yidinich (Yidinit)
  • Muguji
Language codes
ISO 639-3xwg
Glottologkweg1241
ELP
Approximate location where Kwegu is spoken
Approximate location where Kwegu is spoken
Kwegu
Coordinates: 7°00′00″N 36°04′59″E / 7.0°N 36.083°E / 7.0; 36.083

References

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  1. ^ "Endangered Languages Project – Kwegu". Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  • 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.
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