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Bench people (also known as Gimira), are an Omotic-speaking people indigenous to southwestern Ethiopia. According to the 2007 census there are 353,526 Bench people in Ethiopia, making up 0.48% of the country's total population Bench are among the major ethnic groups inhabiting the Bench Maji Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), and the majority live in the former district of Bench, which was divided into Debub Bench, Semien Bench, and She Bench districts. Bench language is the ancestral language of Bench people and belongs to the Northern Omotic languages.

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  • Bench people (also known as Gimira), are an Omotic-speaking people indigenous to southwestern Ethiopia. According to the 2007 census there are 353,526 Bench people in Ethiopia, making up 0.48% of the country's total population Bench are among the major ethnic groups inhabiting the Bench Maji Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), and the majority live in the former district of Bench, which was divided into Debub Bench, Semien Bench, and She Bench districts. Bench language is the ancestral language of Bench people and belongs to the Northern Omotic languages. (en)
  • Народ гимирра принадлежит группе кушитов на юго-западе Эфиопии. Близки этнической общности маджи, живущей в горах. Численность составляет 190 тыс. человек. Относятся к переходной эфиопской расе. Говорят на языке гимирра (бенчо-омотский), который относится к кушитской группе семито-хамитских языков. Имеет диалекты, важнейшие из которых гимирра (бенчо), миеру, шако, иногда определяются как отдельные языки. (ru)
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  • Bench people (also known as Gimira), are an Omotic-speaking people indigenous to southwestern Ethiopia. According to the 2007 census there are 353,526 Bench people in Ethiopia, making up 0.48% of the country's total population Bench are among the major ethnic groups inhabiting the Bench Maji Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), and the majority live in the former district of Bench, which was divided into Debub Bench, Semien Bench, and She Bench districts. Bench language is the ancestral language of Bench people and belongs to the Northern Omotic languages. (en)
  • Народ гимирра принадлежит группе кушитов на юго-западе Эфиопии. Близки этнической общности маджи, живущей в горах. Численность составляет 190 тыс. человек. Относятся к переходной эфиопской расе. Говорят на языке гимирра (бенчо-омотский), который относится к кушитской группе семито-хамитских языков. Имеет диалекты, важнейшие из которых гимирра (бенчо), миеру, шако, иногда определяются как отдельные языки. (ru)
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  • Bench people (en)
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