Inor language

language
name=Inor
nativename=
states=Ethiopia
speakers=280,000
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Semitic
fam3=South Semitic
fam4=Ethiopian Semitic
fam5=South
fam6=Outer
fam7=West Gurage
iso2=sem|iso3=ior

Inor (IPA| [ino:r] ), sometimes called Ennemor, is a Semitic language spoken in central Ethiopia, mainly within the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, and by speakers of the language who have settled in Ethiopian cities, especially Addis Ababa. In addition to the morphological complexity that is common to all Semitic languages, Inor exhibits the very complex morphophonology characteristic of West Gurage languages.

Endegegn, Enner, Gyeto, and the extinct dialect Mesmes are all sometimes considered dialects of Inor.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ior Ethnologue entry for Inor]

Bibliography

*Berhanu Chamora. "Consonant distribution in Inor", in: G. Hudson (ed.), "Essays on Gurage Language and Culture" (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag), pp. 53-67.
*Berhanu Chamora and Hetzron, R. (2000). "Inor". Munich: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3-89586-977-5
*Boivin, Robert (1996). "Spontaneous Nasalization in Inor", in: G. Hudson (ed.), "Essays on Gurage Language and Culture" (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag), pp. 21-33.
*Hetzron, R. (1977). "The Gunnän-Gurage Languages". Napoli: Istituto Orientale di Napoli.
*Leslau, W. (1979). "Etymological Dictionary of Gurage (Ethiopic)". 3 vols. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. ISBN 3-447-02041-5
*Leslau, W. (1983). "Ethiopians Speak: Studies in Cultural Background. Part V : Chaha - Ennemor". Äthiopistische Forschungen, Band 16. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag. ISBN 3-515-03965-1
*Leslau, W. (1996). "Inor Lullabies", in: "Africa" 66/2, pp. 280-287.