Note: There are two other towns named Daleti, one in Yaso, Kamashi Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, which is mainly populated by the Gumuz, and another in Siyadebrina Wayu, Semien Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, mainly populated by the Amhara.
Benishangul-Gumuz Region | Gumuz | Gumuz people | Gumuz language |
They speak a Nilo-Saharan language that is not related to those of their Nilo-Saharan neighbors (Gumuz, Uduk).
The four largest ethnic groups reported in Dangur were the Awi (40.5%) a subgroup of the Agaw, Gumuz (34%), the Amhara (16.5%), and the Shinasha (3.3%); all other ethnic groups made up 5.7% of the population.
Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz and Gumz) is an ethnic group living in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region and the Qwara woreda of Ethiopia, as well as the Fazogli region of Sudan; they number about 200,000.
Ganza, which is spoken south of Bambasi in the Asosa Zone of Benishangul-Gumuz, and west of the Hozo and Seze languages.
Oromiffa is spoken as a first language by 58%, 29% speak Fadashi, 6% speak Mao one of the northern group of Omotic languages, 5% Kwama, 1% Berta, and 0.7% speak Gumuz; the remaining 0.3% spoke all other primary languages reported.
The five largest ethnic groups reported in the Metekel Zone were the Gumuz (33%), the Amhara (24%), the Oromo (13.4%), the Shinasha (16%), and the Awi (7.6%), a subgroup of the Agew.
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The five largest ethnic groups reported in the Metekel Zone were the Gumuz (36.78%), the Shinasha (21.6%), the Amhara (17.39%), the Awi (11.33%), a subgroup of the Agew, and the Oromo (11.09%); all other ethnic groups made up 1.81% of the population.
The five largest ethnic groups reported in Wenbera were the Shinasha (33.6%), the Oromo (33.4%), the Gumuz (27%), the Amhara (3.7%), and the Awi (1%) a subgroup of the Agaw; all other ethnic groups made up 1.3% of the population.