Bench (also called Gimira, considered a derogatory term) is a Northern Omotic language of the "Gimojan" subgroup, spoken by about 174,000 people (as of 1998) in the Bench Maji Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, in southern Ethiopia, around the towns of Mizan Teferi and Shewa Gimira. It has three mutually intelligible dialects Bench proper, She, and Mer. In unusual variance from most of the other languages in Africa, Bench has retroflex consonant phonemes.
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- Bench (also called Gimira, considered a derogatory term) is a Northern Omotic language of the "Gimojan" subgroup, spoken by about 174,000 people (as of 1998) in the Bench Maji Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, in southern Ethiopia, around the towns of Mizan Teferi and Shewa Gimira. It has three mutually intelligible dialects Bench proper, She, and Mer. In unusual variance from most of the other languages in Africa, Bench has retroflex consonant phonemes. The language is also noteworthy in that it has six phonemic tones, one of only a handful of languages in the world that have this many.
- Bench (auch Gimira, was als abwertend empfunden wird) ist eine nordomotische Sprache der Gimojan-Untergruppe und wird von etwa 174.000 Menschen (Stand 1998) in der Bench Maji Zone der Southern Peoples, Nations & Nationalities, in Südäthiopien um die Städte Mizan Teferi und Shewa Gimira gesprochen. Es besitzt drei untereinander verständliche Dialekte: eigentliches Bench, She und Mer. Anders als die übrigen Sprachen der Gegend kennt es sechs Töne.
- Bench on Etiopiassa puhuttava pohjoisomoottinen kieli, jota puhuu äidinkielenään noin 174 000 Bench Majin alueella asuvaa henkilöä. Toisin kuin alueen muissa kielissä benchissä on foneemisia tooneja peräti kuusi.
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- 173,586 (mother-tongue speakers as of 1998)
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- Bench (also called Gimira, considered a derogatory term) is a Northern Omotic language of the "Gimojan" subgroup, spoken by about 174,000 people (as of 1998) in the Bench Maji Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, in southern Ethiopia, around the towns of Mizan Teferi and Shewa Gimira. It has three mutually intelligible dialects Bench proper, She, and Mer. In unusual variance from most of the other languages in Africa, Bench has retroflex consonant phonemes.
- Bench (auch Gimira, was als abwertend empfunden wird) ist eine nordomotische Sprache der Gimojan-Untergruppe und wird von etwa 174.000 Menschen (Stand 1998) in der Bench Maji Zone der Southern Peoples, Nations & Nationalities, in Südäthiopien um die Städte Mizan Teferi und Shewa Gimira gesprochen. Es besitzt drei untereinander verständliche Dialekte: eigentliches Bench, She und Mer. Anders als die übrigen Sprachen der Gegend kennt es sechs Töne.
- Bench on Etiopiassa puhuttava pohjoisomoottinen kieli, jota puhuu äidinkielenään noin 174 000 Bench Majin alueella asuvaa henkilöä. Toisin kuin alueen muissa kielissä benchissä on foneemisia tooneja peräti kuusi.
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