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Name: Gumuz
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Bega-Tse; Sigumza; Gumuzinya; Gumis; Gombo; Mendeya; Shankillinya; "Shankilligna"; Shanqilla; Debatsa; Debuga; Dehenda; Bega; Deguba
Spoken in: Sudan, Ethiopia
Number of speakers: 120,000 in Ethiopia (1994 census). 88,192 monolinguals. Population total all countries: 160,000. Ethnic population: 121,487 (1994 census) (Ethnologue)
Code: guk
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Nilo-Saharan
Parent Subgroup: Gumuz (gumz)
Child Dialects: Mandura-Dibate-Metemma (guk-mdm) Sirba (guk-sir) Modea; Modeo (guk-mod) Disoha; Desua (guk-dis) Jemhwa (guk-jem) Guba (guk-gub) Agalo (guk-aga) Wenbera (guk-wen) Kukwaya (guk-kuk) Sai (guk-sai) Dakunza; Degoja; Dukunza; Gunza; Ganza; Dukuna; Dugunza (guk-dak) Dekoka (guk-dek) Sese; Saysay (guk-ses) Gombo (guk-gom) Yaso (guk-yas) Dewiya (guk-dew)

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