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Gumuz in a sentence

Gumuz meaning

An ethnic group inhabiting parts of western Ethiopia and Sudan.

Using Gumuz

  • The main meaning on this page is: An ethnic group inhabiting parts of western Ethiopia and Sudan.
  • In the example corpus, gumuz often appears in combinations such as: benishangul gumuz.

Context around Gumuz

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

benishangul 5× koman 1×

Often after:

region 2× recent 1× gambella 1× started 1× remain 1×

Sentence patterns with Gumuz

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

act when gumuz started gathering 1× amhara benishangul gumuz gambella oromia 1× and koman gumuz and coined 1× gumuz was not 1× koman and gumuz remain poorly 1× leone the gumuz recent descendants 1× of benishangul gumuz and oromia 1× of benishangul gumuz region 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

greenberg s later 1× gumuz was not 1× koman and gumuz 1× local administrators refused 1× the amharas living 1× the ethiopian human 1×

Common sentence endings:

benishangul gumuz region 2× by bender 1989 1× ethiopia peoples region 1× from eastern africa 1× home he said 1× inclusion of songhai 1×

Words around Gumuz

Just before it in the word index:

gumtree 12 gumshoe 2 gumshield 2 gums 95 gumroad 2 gumption 26

Just after it in the word index:

gun 7.488 guna 21 gunadi 2 gunaji 3 gunakama 2 gunan 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Gumuz

  • In this selection, "gumuz" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, benishangul, koman, region, recent and gambella stand out and add context to how "gumuz" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include act when gumuz started gathering and amhara benishangul gumuz gambella oromia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gumuz" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gumuz

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

View across the gold-bearing schist rocks of the Asosa zone, Benishangul-Gumuz. (13 words)

The Amharas living in the regional states of Benishangul Gumuz and Oromia are denied all of these. (17 words)

Local administrators refused to act when Gumuz started gathering and chanting that Oromo must go home, he said. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

The groups were the Nama (Khoe-San from South Africa); the Mende (from Sierra Leone); the Gumuz (recent descendants of a hunter-gatherer group from Ethiopia); and the Amhara and Oromo (agriculturalists from eastern Africa). (35 words)

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said the number of people killed was likely to rise after what it called a “gruesome” attack on the passenger bus in the Benishangul-Gumuz region. (31 words)

Greenberg's later contribution came in 1963, when he tied Chari–Nile to Songhai, Saharan, Maban, Fur, and Koman-Gumuz and coined the current name Nilo-Saharan for the resulting family. (31 words)

Example sentences (10)

The groups were the Nama (Khoe-San from South Africa); the Mende (from Sierra Leone); the Gumuz (recent descendants of a hunter-gatherer group from Ethiopia); and the Amhara and Oromo (agriculturalists from eastern Africa).

The prioritized 58 outbreak affected woredas are from eight regions including Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, Gambella, Oromia, Sidama, Somali, South Ethiopia, and Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ region.

The Amharas living in the regional states of Benishangul Gumuz and Oromia are denied all of these.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said the number of people killed was likely to rise after what it called a “gruesome” attack on the passenger bus in the Benishangul-Gumuz region.

Whereas 50 KG of haricot bean and two farming tools were provided to more than 28'000 returnees and residents in Yaso district in Kamashi Zone of Benishangul Gumuz Region.

Local administrators refused to act when Gumuz started gathering and chanting that Oromo must go home, he said.

View across the gold-bearing schist rocks of the Asosa zone, Benishangul-Gumuz.

Greenberg's later contribution came in 1963, when he tied Chari–Nile to Songhai, Saharan, Maban, Fur, and Koman-Gumuz and coined the current name Nilo-Saharan for the resulting family.

Gumuz was not recognized as distinct from neighboring Koman; it was separated out (forming "Komuz") by Bender (1989).

Koman and Gumuz remain poorly attested, and so are difficult to work with, while arguments continue over the inclusion of Songhai.

Common combinations with gumuz

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gumuz" in a sentence?
An example: "The groups were the Nama (Khoe-San from South Africa); the Mende (from Sierra Leone); the Gumuz (recent descendants of a hunter-gatherer group from Ethiopia); and the Amhara and Oromo (agriculturalists from eastern Africa)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "gumuz" from authentic English texts.
What does "gumuz" mean?
Gumuz means: An ethnic group inhabiting parts of western Ethiopia and Sudan.
How many example sentences with "gumuz" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "gumuz", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.