Dirasha is Lowland East Cushitic language spoken by about 65,000 people in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) in the southwest of Ethiopia. In particular, it is spoken in the hills west and south of Chamo Lake (ጫሞ ሐይቅ) and around the town of Gidole in the Dirashe Special Woreda (district) in the Dirashe Zone (ደራሴ ሊዬ ወረዳ) of the SNNPR.
Dirasha is also known as Dirashitata, Dirayta, Diraytata, Dhirayyitta, Diraasha, Dhirasha, Ghidole, Gidole or Gardulla. There are ways to write it with the Latin and Ge'ez scripts. The Ge'ez script is used in churches, and there is a Dirasha translation of the Bible.
Download an alphabet chart for Dirasha (Excel)
Kellttayyt haq ilop ifeeladh. Hant parshot parshsh. Hantanne kellttayyt parshot olli ukk. Kellttayyt tuullaan hant tola hir. Hant hemiirodh kellttayyt pokannt hir. Parshshot hant almeɔawwt. Kellttayyt utta ulli parshsh. Parshot kellttayyt amm hemeaɔawwtem.
Source: Hoosunnt hantatenne kelltayytat (Friendship of honeybee and monkey).
Information about Dirasha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirasha_language
http://www.language-archives.org/language/gdl
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/gdl
Afaan-Oromo, Afar, Awngi, Beja, Blin, Daasanach, Dirasha, Gawwada, Hadiyya, Iraqw, Maay Maay, Saho, Sidama, Somali, Southern Oromo, Waata, Xamtanga
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 23.10.24. Last modified: 23.10.24
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