The Dullay languages belong to the

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subgroup of the

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language family and are spoken in

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. Dullay is a

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consisting of the Gawwada and Tsamai languages. Blench (2006) places most of

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in the

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, and counts several Gawwada varieties as distinct languages.Roger Blench, 2006
''The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List''
(ms) : Gawwada, Tsamai,

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, Dobase (Lohu, Mashole), Gergere, Gollango (Gaba?), Gorrose, Harso The name Dullay is derived from the name Dullay-speaking groups use for the Weito River. Other terms that have been used for this language family in scientific literature are Werizoid (from the former administrative name of the area inhabited by Dullay speakers) and Qawko (from the word "man" in Dullay languages).

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