Kwegu language

Kwegu
Kwegu
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	Southwest, Omo River west bank
Ethnicity	5,100 Kwegu (2007 census)
Native speakers	(ca. 300 cited 1987-1990)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic? Southern Eastern? Surmic South Southeast Kwegu; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Yidinich (Yidinit); Muguji;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xwg
Glottolog	kweg1241
ELP	2677; Kwegu ;
	Kwegu
	Coordinates: 7°00′00″N36°04′59″E / 7.0°N 36.083°E

Last updated August 04, 2025

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.

References

↑ "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.

External links

World Atlas of Language Structures information on Kwegu
Kwegu basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
ELAR archive of Koegu (Kwegu)

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[1] "Endangered Languages Project – Kwegu" . Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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