Gurage languages

West Gurage
West Gurage
tt-group
Geographic; distribution	Gurage Zone (Ethiopia)
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Ethiopic South Ethiopic Outer South Ethiopic West Gurage; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Glottolog	ttgr1237

North Gurage
North Gurage
n-group
Geographic; distribution	Gurage Zone (Ethiopia)
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Ethiopic South Ethiopic Outer South Ethiopic North Gurage; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Glottolog	ngro1237

East Gurage
East Gurage
Geographic; distribution	Gurage Zone (Ethiopia)
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Ethiopic South Ethiopic Transversal South Ethiopic Harari – East Gurage East Gurage; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Glottolog	silt1239 (Silte–Wolane); zayy1238 (Zay)

The Gurage languages (Gurage: ጉራጌ), also known as Guragie, is a dialect-continuum language, which belong to the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by the Gurage people, who inhabit the Gurage Zone within the larger multi-ethnic Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region in central Ethiopia.

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