Boró

Facts

Language: Boró
Alternate names: Shinassha, Boro, Bworo, Shinasha, Scinacia, Šinašša, Bòrná
Language code: bwo
Language family: Ta-Ne-Omotic, Kefoid
Number of speakers: ~4,000
Vulnerability: Threatened
Script: Ethiopic script, used until 2007. Latin script, used since 2007.

More information:

Boro is the ethnic name.

Leyew 2002 claims two dialects of Shinasha: Lowland and Highland.Wedekind 2010 claims two dialects as well: Highland (Garibora/Gayibora) and Lowland (Taribora/Worwibora), which are mutually intelligible.