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The Gedeo (formerly known as the Darassa a term now regarded as pejorative) are an ethnic group in southern Ethiopia. The Gedeo Zone in the Southern Nations Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR) is named for this people. They speak the Gedeo language which is one of the Afroasiatic languages.

language
Amharic language, Gedeo language
population place
Ethiopia
religion
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, P'ent'ay
total population
986977

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