Studies in Ethiopian Languages, 7 (2018), 1-13 1 Article Gender Marking in Tsaratsa Mulugeta Seyoum (Addis Ababa University) mulugeta.seyoum@aau.edu.et Abstract This study is mainly focussed on the description of Gender marking in Tsaratsa. The purpose of the research is to describe and to document the endangered language Tsaratsa. All the data is collected form native speakers of Tsaratsa in Dechawereda. Tsaratsa distinguishes masculine and feminine. The gender marker occurs in various modifying categories: in nominal modifiers, pronominal, main or relative verbs and nouns. In this case, Tsaratsa indicates gender distinction inverbs. It has also gender -sensitive nominal affixes such as definiteness. There are lexical and morphological gender representations of animate and inanimate nouns. In Tsaratsa, gender is usually expressed by using distinctive lexical items. That means there are lexically assigned gender that express type of gender in a language. Morphological gender marking can be employed in different categories of words. In Tsaratsa, definiteness is not overtly marked; rather, definiteness is indicated through the use of either feminine or masculine gender marker. That means distinction of definiteness is recognized during gender marking. For male nouns, definiteness is expressed through the masculine marker -azi or bi or the feminine marker - ena. Adjectives take bi for masculine definite and -ena for definite feminine. In the process of definite marking, plural nouns are not marked for gender but plurals are marked by -endi for both genders. Inanimate nouns the expression of smallness or fewness feature presented by the female marker. 1 Introduction Ethiopia is the homeland of remarkable varieties of communities and languages. The Oromo, Amhara, and Tigreans make up more than three -fourths of the population, but there are more than 86 different ethnic groups with their own distinct languages within Ethiopia. One of the language sub families from the