Author: Wondimu Gaga Gashe
Title: Sociolinguistic Facts about the Gamo Area, South Ethiopia
Description: Addis Ababa, A.R.C.C.I.K.C.L. 2010. orig. wrappers. 20x14cm, xii,189,(1) pp, Issued by Association for Research and Conservation of Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Landscape.. Textual maps.. Minor wear. VG. ¶ Contents: The Language & the People: The Name Gamo / Gamotstso; Genetic Afiliation; Demographic & Ethno-linguistic Information; Sociolinguistic Facts: Dialect Variation; Factors that Contributed to Dialect Variation: The Pre-1898 Political System; Settlement History; Topography & Mobility; Contexts of Language Use & Language Attitude; The Linguistic Features Used as Dialect Markers: Phonological Features: Allophonic Variations; Segmental Phonemes; Supra Segmentals; Morphophonemics; Lexical Varieties; Morphological Features: Nouns; Terminal Vowels; Noun Inflections; Pronouns:First & Second Person Pronouns; Third Person Pronouns; Verbs: Verb Root; Verb Inflection; Focus Marking; Summary, Conclusion & Recommendation; Maps & Figures: Map of Gamo Area; Map of Dialects of Gamotstso Selected for Study; Omotic Family Tree by Fleming (1976); The Ometo Group Tree by Hirut (2005); The Grouping of Dialects of Gamotstso.

Keywords: Ethiopia, Gamo Linguistic, Central Ometo Gemu, Gamotso Linguistics, Dialects Languages, Language Dialect, Ometo-Gimira, Afro-Asiatic Omotic, Gonga-Gimojan, East Africa Horn