Ale language

Ale
Native toEthiopia
RegionAle Zone, South Ethiopia Regional State
Native speakers
69,000 (2007 census)
Dialects
  • Gawwada proper
  • Dihina
  • Gergere
  • Gollango
  • Gorose
  • Harso
Ethiopic script, Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3gwd
Glottologgaww1239

Ale (also known as Gawwada, Gauwada, Gawata, Kawwad'a, Kawwada) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southern Ethiopia in the administratively part of the "South Ethiopia Regional State" (SERS). It is part of the Dullay dialect cluster.