Varieties are spoken by the Gamo, Gofa, Dawro; Blench (2006) and Ethnologue treat these as separate languages.
In masculine nouns, plural is marked by means of a suffix -t, affixed to the oblique case form.
This is affixed to the absolutive singular: (Reference page 81) By comparison with certain other languages of Ethiopia, Gamo has a large vocabulary of adjectives.
In terms of syntactic constructions the two most frequent means of expressing adverbial notions are postpositional phrases and converbial clauses.
In other cases a subordinate clause status is made clearer periphrastically by the addition of the perfect or imperfect forms of the inherently negative verb (-agg).
Examples: Na'itachild.PL-DEFč'oo-gissontacause-to-shut-up.SUB.NEGhaasa'oihave-a-conversation.infO.NOMhanennabe-possible.ImpF-3M-NEGNa'ita č'oo-gissonta haasa'oi hanennachild.PL-DEF cause-to-shut-up.SUB.NEG have-a-conversation.infO.NOM be-possible.ImpF-3M-NEGWithout (someone) making the children shut up, it's not possible to have a conversationIza3F.PRONzoreadvicesiyohear-VNOitts'refuse.SUB.NEGontaremain-silent.3PLmuumicause-a-disaster.PF-3PLgodoltsida Iza zore siyo itts' onta muumi godoltsida3F.PRON advice hear-VNO refuse.SUB.NEG remain-silent.3PL cause-a-disaster.PF-3PLRemaining silent (at the time) when she would not have refused to listen to advice, they allowed her to get into a real disaster Mismatch in the number of words between lines: 7 word(s) in line 1, 6 word(s) in line 2 (help); Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help);Ta1SG.DET]Nšammontabuy.SUB.NEGaggi-šinfail.1.IMPF.SUB-DSuyees!drink.IMPF-3MTa šammonta aggi-šin uyees!1SG.DET]N buy.SUB.NEG fail.1.IMPF.SUB-DS drink.IMPF-3MHe drinks when I don't buy it!