Wolane

The term Wolane refers to a small Ethiopian community and to the dialect spoken by this community: Wolane dialect.

Wolane Community[]

The Wolane community consists of 160,000 people. A remarkable number of Wolane is living in Addis Ababa. The Wolane in the countryside live mostly in higher places, called "Däga". These places are very suitable for the cultivation of Enset, which is one of Wolane people stample foods.^[1]

References[]

^ Crass, Joachim; Meyer, Ronny (2001). "The Qabena and the Wolane: Two peoples of the Gurage region and their respective histories according to their own oral traditions". Annales d'Éthiopie. 17 (1): 175–182. doi:10.3406/ethio.2001.997.

Bibliography[]

Crass, J. & Meyer, R. (2001). The Qabena and the Wolane: Two people of the Gurage Region and their Respective Histories according to their Own Oral Tradition.

[1] Crass, Joachim; Meyer, Ronny (2001). "The Qabena and the Wolane: Two peoples of the Gurage region and their respective histories according to their own oral traditions". Annales d'Éthiopie. 17 (1): 175–182. doi:10.3406/ethio.2001.997.

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