Raya Oromo people
The Raya People (also Rayyaa) are an subgroup of mixed ethnic heritage inhabiting an area from the historic Wollo Province to Lake Ashenge Tigray Province in Ethiopia, with ancestry and multicultural heritage from the local Amhara and small Tigrayan communities. [1]
Language
The Raya speak multiple languages, including Tigrinya, Amharic, and a dialect of Afaan Oromo. However, linguistic descriptions of the Raya and nearby Wollo areas are still lacking.[2]
See also
References
- Ta'a, Tesema (2006). The Political Economy of an African Society in Transformation: the Case of Macca Ethiopia. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 28. ISBN 9783447054195.
- Mukarovsky, Hans G. (1991). Proceedings of the fifth International Hamito-Semitic Congress: Cushitic, Egyptian, Omotic, Semitic. Afro-Pub. p. 65. ISBN 9783850430579.
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