| Also Known As: Mosiye,Musiye,Gowase,Gobeze,Mashelle,Lohu,Goraze,D'oopace,Orase,Masholle,D'opaasunte,Dobase,Mashile,Bussa language
Description:
Bussa (also known as Muusiye, Dobase, D'oopace, D'opaasunte, Lohu, Mashile, Mashelle, Masholle, Mosiye, Musiye, Gobeze, Gowase, Goraze, Orase) is an East Cushitic language spoken in the Dirashe special woreda of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region located in southern Ethiopia. The people themselves, numbering 6,624 according to the 1998 census, call their language Mossittaata. Two varieties can be distinguished: North and West Bussa.
Bussa is highly influenced by surrounding Cushitic and Omotic languages and should be considered endangered according to Gurmu (2005). Speakers of the North Bussa variety are shifting to Oromo, Dirasha or Amharic, whereas speakers of the West Bussa variety are shifting to the Omotic languages Zargulla, Zayse and Gamo. Important factors for the ongoing language shift include intermarriage with other ethnic groups and heavy contact with neighbouring people...... full article at Wikipedia |
