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[Odie]

Gurage is almost amharanized yet the Amhara chauvinists want more and ስደቃ ኢንዲሆን ነው የሚፈልጉት
Gurage has to redeem its culture and self!

In the past century, the Agaw, Gurage, Gafat, Argobba, and certain Oromo populations have experienced significant Amharanization—adopting the Amharic language, culture, and often Orthodox Christianity, particularly through state centralization and proximity to Addis Ababa. These groups became integrated into the dominant Amhara-influenced cultural and political structure.

1. Agaw (North/Central): The Agaw people have a long history of deep cultural contact, adopting the Amharic language and converting to Orthodox Christianity, particularly in areas like Gojjam and Lasta.

2. Gafat: Historically living among the Amhara, the Gafat people significantly adopted the Amharic language and culture over the centuries, assimilating into Amhara society.

3. Argobba: Located in Shewa and surrounding areas, the Argobba people became highly influenced by Amharic language and culture through close social interaction.

4. Gurage: Many Gurage, especially in urban settings like Addis Ababa, are proficient in Amharic, with many having adopted Amharic language and customs.

5. Oromo (Shewa/Urban): Particularly in northern Shewa and urban areas, many Oromo were heavily influenced by the imperial, Amharic-speaking administration and culture.

[Dama]

Gurage is almost amharanized yet the Amhara chauvinists want more and ስደቃ ኢንዲሆን ነው የሚፈልጉት
Gurage has to redeem its culture and self!

In the past century, the Agaw, Gurage, Gafat, Argobba, and certain Oromo populations have experienced significant Amharanization—adopting the Amharic language, culture, and often Orthodox Christianity, particularly through state centralization and proximity to Addis Ababa. These groups became integrated into the dominant Amhara-influenced cultural and political structure.

1. Agaw (North/Central): The Agaw people have a long history of deep cultural contact, adopting the Amharic language and converting to Orthodox Christianity, particularly in areas like Gojjam and Lasta.

2. Gafat: Historically living among the Amhara, the Gafat people significantly adopted the Amharic language and culture over the centuries, assimilating into Amhara society.

3. Argobba: Located in Shewa and surrounding areas, the Argobba people became highly influenced by Amharic language and culture through close social interaction.

4. Gurage: Many Gurage, especially in urban settings like Addis Ababa, are proficient in Amharic, with many having adopted Amharic language and customs.

5. Oromo (Shewa/Urban): Particularly in northern Shewa and urban areas, many Oromo were heavily influenced by the imperial, Amharic-speaking administration and culture.

Qimant, the Kushitic tribe of mad dog Tewodros is also endangered tribe. Awi in Gojjam and Agew are kushitic tribe also endangered. It looks these two Went from one assimilation to another. They exhibit the Damot or Welaita culture(Omotic), but transitioned to speak Kushitic and now Amharic.

In Benishangul Gumuz, formerly Metekel Awraja in Gojjam tribes like Mezenger and Shinasha are also endangered due to huge influx of Amara settlers.

Gafat Gurages are extinct now, were inhabitants of Menz and Debre Birhan. Historical researchers found names of villages with Gafat language names in areas around Menz. The Amara southward movement pushed them of their ancestral lands to the west in search of peace, between lands to the south banks of Abbay River, Muger and Guder rivers in the north and center, Gibe rivers in the west and in the south to the extent of Awash River north of lake Zway. Gelila, Ambo and Wenchi were parts of Gafat.

Argoba were attacked by the southward movement of Amara and northerly and easterly migration of the oromo. Ankober, Merhabete, Shewa Robit and Alemaya were their lands stretched from Harar bordering with Harla Somalis of Dre Dawa to northern Shewa and Wello bordering with Afar. In those days there were no definite borders as we know them today, especially when cultures and religions were the same, Islam. Now, Argoba is an endangered tribe. Though rich business owners, identity wise, they are being absorbed by Amara and Oromo, almost 50-50. They are making efforts to survive in salvaging their history and language.

Oromo adoption of Amharic is rather by choice for greater opportunities in Amara political/economic/cultural institutions rather than by subjection. For example, Wello and Gonder, where Oromos ruled for centuries using the Amharic language. Same applies in Tigrey , the Raya-Azebo Oromos where they are holding and held extremely high political and military positions such as ras Alula abba Nega and Aite Azebo, the manager of EFFORT and cabinet Minister during Meles.

Gurage has lost speakers of its language since the 1940s, after the Italian war, in Addis only 125km away from it, also in other cities. In Harar, about 0.39% cannot speak 7bet. In some Oromo dominated cities, Gurage lost its speakers. This was slowly creeping to Gurage but now it's being stopped. Sodo, Welene, Silte and 7bet are offering their languages in primary school. They broadcast news on Tvs and radios in their respective dialects. The Zonal and wereda administrations use their dialects rather than Amharic. The plan to standardize a common Gurage language is in place.

Late learners. They now realize that Ethiopia doesn't mean Amharic. That Ethiopia is much broader, that it is the sum of all Ethiopian languages.

[Horus]

የቦታ ስም ከተነሳ አይቀር አምቦ የሚለው የጥንቱ እንደ ገብጣን (ክከሰም ወንዝ እስከ ግንደ በረት) ያለው የጋፋቶች ምድር ስም ማለት አምቦ ጉራጌኛ ቃል ነው። በመጀመሪያ አምቦ አምባ ከሚባለው በተራራ አናት ላይ ያለ ሜድ ከሚለው ጋራ አንድ አይደለም ። ዛሬ አምቦ የሚባለው ከአዲስ አለም እስከ ገንደ በረት ያለ ሜዳ ጨፋ እንጂ ተራራ ፣ ገገራ አገር አይደለም ።

አምቦ ጉራጌኛ ቃል ሲሆን የወረደ ትርጉሙ መቅኒ ማለት ሲሆን አጠቃቀሙ አቅም ፣ ጉልበት ፣ ጥንካሬ ማለት ነው ። ያማርኛው መቅኒ ወይም አጽም በቀጠታ አቅም (አጽም) ማለት ነው። ዛሬ በዚች ወቅት በክስታኔኛ አምቦ ማለት አጽም ውስጥ ያለው መቅኒ ወይም መቅኔ ነው ።

ስለዚህ አምቦ ጋፋቶች ያወጡት ስም ነው ፤ ትርጉሙም ምናልባት አንድ የጋፋት ጎሳ ራሱን ጠንካራ ሕዝብ ብሎ የጠራበት ሊሆን ይችላል። ሌላ ትርጉሙ ማናልባት በዚያን ዘመን የነበረ የዘር፣ የጎሳ አመዳደብ ሴራ ሊሆን ይችላል ።

እንደ ገብጣን (እንደ ጐፕታን) በቀጥታ የጋፋቴ አገር ማለት ነው ። በተመሳሳይ ዛሬ ላይ በክስታኔዎች አገር እንደ ቡየ (የቴዲ አፍሮ አባት አገር) የሚባል አገር አለ ። የክስታኔ ዋና ከተማ በስህተት ቡኢ የሚባለው ትክክለኛ ቃሉ ቡዪ ነው ፤ ልክ እንደ ቡየ እንደ ሚባለው።

ስለዚህ በሰሜን ጉራጌ (ጉነን ጉራጌ) ይባላ የነበረውን ጉራጌ ድምበርተኛ እንደ ገብጣን ነው ። ለምሳሌ የትንጥ ክስታኔኛ ቋንቋን ያጠኑ ፈረንጆች ቋንቋውን ጉነን ወይም ገነን ጉራጌ ቋንቋ ይሉት ነበር ። በተራ ትርጉሙ ጉነን ራስ ማለት ሲሆን አጠቃቀሙ ሰሜን ማለት ነበር ፣ ዛሬም ነው ። ላለ እና ታተ ፣ ላይ እና ታች የሚሉት የግዕዝ ቃላት (ላዕላይ/ታህታይ) ጉነንና ግርጌ (እግርጌ) ተከተው ጥቅም ላይ እይዋሉ ነው ።

[Dama]

Below in the link is the map of Gafat territory encompassed by Abbay, Gibe and Awash rivers. Muger and Guder tributaries flowed to Abay at its its center and south of Abbay.

https://share.google/BmpjHTIj9OXFO6EKO

[Horus]

አው እንደ ገብጣን ከፊጠጋር (ፌተጋር) ሰሜን ምራብ ነው ያለው ። ፌተጋር (አለም ጤና ወይም አገር ጤና ማለት ነው) በዙዋይ አካባቢ ጀምሮ የዛሬ ሞጆን ይዞ የሸዋ ምስራቅ ተራሮች ይዞ ከሰም ወንዝ እስከ ዪፋት የነበረው አገር ነው። የዛሬ ናዝሬት ወይም አዳማ ዋና ከተማው ነበር። ስሙ በጉራጌኛም በአረብኛም አንድ ነው ። ፌት (አፌት፣ አፊያ) ጤና ፣ ደህንነት ማለት ነው ። ፈያ የሚባለው ክስታኔኛ እንደ ወረደ አል አፊያ የሚለው አረብኛ ሲሆን ደህንነት ፈይነት፣ ጤንነት ማለት ነው። ጋር ወይም ገር ማለት አገር የምንለው የሴም ቃል ነው። ጋር የሚለው ቃል በሰባት ቤት ጋን (ገነ) አገና አገር የሚባለው። የዛሬ አዲስ አበባም ምስራቅ ክፍሉ የፌጠጋር አካል ነበር ። የነዚህ አገሮች ዝርዝር ካርታ ተክለ ጻዲቅ መኩሪያ በጻፉት 900 ገጽ የግራኝ አህመድ ወረራ ታሪክ ውስጥ አለ። አመያ የሚባሉት የጨቦ ጉራጌ ቀስተኞች ታሪክም እዚያ አለ። ቅልጥ ያሉ ኦርቶዶክሶች ነበሩ ።

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatagar

[Sadacha Macca]

Sounds like the cyber weyane cadre(s), dama aka odie aka misses raq is now trying to incite hatred and conflict between Amara and Gurages. Interesting indeed.

[Dama]

Sounds like the cyber weyane cadre(s), dama aka odie aka misses raq is now trying to incite hatred and conflict between Amara and Gurages. Interesting indeed.

It's not new. Gurages have always ignored beshitenga Amara hates.

[Misraq]

3 listro shoe shiners trying hard to be anthropologists. And Sadacha who is an Oromized listro feeling the spirits of his brothers but refusing to return back.

Can you all listros understand each other? You have already lost your language.

[Odie]

3 listro shoe shiners trying hard to be anthropologists. And Sadacha who is an Oromized listro feeling the spirits of his brothers but refusing to return back.

Can you all listros understand each other? You have already lost your language.

Amhara sluuuut
የቆማጣ ዘር!
Frozen in time and space
Your ባዶ ጉራ is heavily wounded!

[Right]

The 3 Listros communicates in Amharic and their names are BERHANU, Bekele and Hailu. And they voluntarily displaced themselves from their land, handing it over to the Oromos and Hadiyas.

[Odie]

Sounds like the cyber weyane cadre(s), dama aka odie aka misses raq is now trying to incite hatred and conflict between Amara and Gurages. Interesting indeed.

Why is it everything smells woyane to you? ጅብ ነክሶ ገሎ መግደሉን ማመን አቅቶት ፈርቶ የቆመ አህያ መስልክ

This is a real scenario amhara chauvinists abusing Gurage real time assuming Gurage does not have pride and their slave bound by their lion of juda craaap ፈጠራ

ምን አይነት abusive and ፅንፈኛ ህብረተስብ እየፈጠሩ እንደሆነ ማንም አልገባውም:: They are worse than their past abusive ancestors who snatched the rights of others and tried to amharanize everybody in blanket in the name of Ethiopia subjugating others and imposing their filthy culture.

ደግሞ በሃሳብ መሞገት ሳይሆን ስድብ ጉራ እርስ በርስ መበላላት ዘራፍ ብቻ which they are best known for. አይምሮዋቸው ስለቀነጨረ አዲስ ሃሳብና አዲስና progressive ህብረተስብ መፍጠረ አልቻሉም just like TPLF destroyed Tigrian culture thinking in many radical and dangerous ways!

If they were smart the could have learned from Abiy’s failure and TPLF/Shabiya failure but the yearn to repeat their feudal system that was propped up by the old british feudal system. Western society democratized civilized and developed afterwards but our morans bake the same bread over and over on the same frying pan

As far as they keep mistreating and disrespecting others, they should not get red carpet treatment for sure!

What they were expecting, it seems, አማራ ተገደለ አማራ ሞተ እያለ ሁሉም እንደባርያቸው እኔ ልሙት እኔ ልቀበር እያለ ለቅሶ እንዲወጣ ወይም አብሮ እንዲቀበር ነበር እንደ ፍርኦ ባርያ!

ቆምጬ እንደዚያ ባለጌና መናጢ ሌባ ነች🥷🥷🥷

Good luck for shabiya
Change the flag
Renaissance and reshape the dogma of EoC
Change the name of the country to a name that fits everybody
Remove the mantra EoC tricolor flag Ethiopia as God invented country lie