South Omotic languages

South Omotic languages

Infobox Language family
name=South Omotic
region=Ethiopia
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Omotic
child1=Aari
child2=Dime
child3=Hamer-Banna
child4=Karo

The South Omotic or Somotic languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

Notes

References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91895 Ethnologue entry for South Omotic languages]


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