Asụsụ Zay

**Zay** (Oromo: **Lak'i**, **Laqi**) bụ asụsụ Afroasiatic nke alaka Semitic nke a na-asụ na Etiopia. Ọ bụ otu n'ime Asụsụ Gurage n'òtù Semitic nke Etiopia. Asụsụ Zay nwere ihe dị ka ndị na-asụ 5,000 a maara dị ka Zay, ndị bi na Gelila na agwaetiti ise ndị ọzọ na ụsọ Ọdọ Mmiri Zway n'akụkụ ndịda nke mba ahụ.

## Ọnọdụ asụsụ
 
Zay bụ asụsụ a na-edeghị ede. Ọtụtụ ndị -asụ ya na-Asụsụ dị iche iche n'asụsụ ndị ọzọ nke Gurage, n'Asụsụ Oromo, na n'asụsụ Amharic. Asụsụ ahụ na-elekwasị anya na Lake Zway; ọkachasị, na Herera, Meki, Ziway, na agwaetiti ise: Fundurro Island (Famat ma ọ bụ Getesemani Island) agwaetiti kacha nta; Tsedecha Island (Aysut Island), n'akụkụ agwaetiti kachasị ukwuu; Debre-Tsion Island, agwaetiti kachasị; Gelila Island; na Debre Sina Island. Ọ bụ Asụsụ nọ n'ihe ize ndụ, na ndị na-asụ ya na-akwaga n'ala ahụ na-eji Asụsụ Oromo, ma na-abawanye ojiji nke asụsụ Oromo site n'ọgbọ ndị na-eto eto na agwaetiti Zay.

Zay  70% okwu yiri Asụsụ Siltʼe, na 60% na Harari.

## Asụsụ
Usoro okwu nke Zay bụ SOV (isiokwu-ihe-okwu). adjectives na-ebute aha ha na-agbanwe. Possessives -ebute aha. Zay bụ Asụsụ pro-drop, nke nwere akara isiokwu achọrọ na ngwaa.

Mmekọrịta ya na Asụsụ Gurage emetụtala Zay nke ukwuu. Mmekọrịt a emeela mgbanwe dị ukwuu na ụtọ asụsụ na Zay.

## Edensibia
and) agwaetiti kacha nta; Tsedecha Island (Aysut Island), n'akụkụ agwaetiti kachasị ukwuu; Debre-Tsion Island, agwaetiti kachasị; Gelila Island; na Debre Sina Island. Ọ bụ Asụsụ nọ

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## Njikọ mpụga

* Nkọwa asụsụ ndị nọ n'ihe ize ndụ maka Zay
* Ihe ndekọ nke Zay