Gawwada (Qale)

Gawwada is written in the Latin script, spoken by about 146K people across 1 region.

Script

Language tag

gwd-Latn

Speakers

146K

Status

Living

Also known as

'Ale

Alphabet (71)

aU+0061 AU+0041 bU+0062 BU+0042

ch

CH

c’

C’

dU+0064 DU+0044 eU+0065 EU+0045 fU+0066 FU+0046 gU+0067 GU+0047

gh

GH

hU+0068 HU+0048 iU+0069 IU+0049 jU+006A JU+004A kU+006B KU+004B

k’

K’

lU+006C LU+004C mU+006D MU+004D nU+006E NU+004E

ny

NY

oU+006F OU+004F pU+0070 PU+0050

qh

QH

rU+0072 RU+0052 sU+0073 SU+0053

sh

SH

tU+0074 TU+0054

t’

T’

uU+0075 UU+0055 wU+0077 WU+0057 xU+0078 XU+0058

hx

HX

yU+0079 YU+0059 ’U+2019

bh

BH

dh

DH

qU+0071 QU+0051 zU+007A ZU+005A

Auxiliary characters (9)

cU+0063 CU+0043 vU+0076 VU+0056 ħU+0127 ĦU+0126 ʔU+0294 ʕU+0295 ʼU+02BC

Unicode blocks used

C0 Controls and Basic Latin (Basic Latin)Latin Extended-A IPA Extensions Spacing Modifier Letters General Punctuation

Where it's spoken

Ethiopia

Notes

The 2012 alphabet uses the apostrophe instead of the ʔ used in Kebede & Bekele 2005. The 2021 alphabet uses q, x, gh instead of ʕ, ħ, q.

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