Omotic languages

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• Omotic languages — Not to be confused with Omotik language. Omotic Geographic distribution: Ethiopia Linguistic classification: Afro Asiatic Omotic Subdivisions: North Omotic …   Wikipedia

• Omotic languages — Introduction       family of about 40 languages spoken in western Ethiopia. Although most scholars assign them to the Afro Asiatic language (Afro Asiatic languages) phylum, this classification is subject to ongoing debate: because their speakers… …   Universalium

• North Omotic languages — North Omotic Geographic distribution: Ethiopia Linguistic classification: Afro Asiatic Omotic North Omotic Subdivisions: Dizoid …   Wikipedia

• 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=KaroThe South Omotic or Somotic languages belong to the Afro Asiatic family and are …   Wikipedia

• Languages of Ethiopia — Ethiopia has many indigenous languages (some 84 according to the Ethnologue, 77 according to the 1994 census)), most of them Afro Asiatic (Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic), plus some that are Nilo Saharan. Charles Ferguson proposed the Ethiopian… …   Wikipedia

• Languages of Africa — There are an estimated 2000 languages spoken in Africa. [ [http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/MajorLanguages Major Languages of Africa] ] About a hundred of these are widely used for inter ethnic communication. They fall into …   Wikipedia

• Omotic — [əʊ mɒtɪk] noun a subfamily of Afro Asiatic languages spoken in Ethiopia. adjective denoting or belonging to Omotic. Origin 1970s: from Omo, a river in SW Ethiopia, + otic …   English new terms dictionary

• Omotic — n. language spoken in Ethiopia (one of languages of the Afro Asiatic family of languages) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Omotic — noun a group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia; closely related to Cushitic languages • Hypernyms: ↑Afroasiatic, ↑Afro Asiatic, ↑Afroasiatic language, ↑Afrasian, ↑Afrasian language, ↑Hamito Semitic …   Useful english dictionary

• Omotic — /oh mot ik/, n. a proposed branch of the Afroasiatic family comprising a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and often included within the Cushitic branch. * * * …   Universalium

• Afro-Asiatic languages — formerly Hamito Semitic languages Family of about 250 languages spoken in North Africa, parts of sub Saharan African, and the Middle East. It includes such languages as Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Hausa. The total number of speakers is estimated …   Universalium