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Omotic languages

The Omotic languages are a traditionally recognized but disputed grouping of languages spoken mainly in southwestern Ethiopia, around the Omo River region, and in parts of southeastern Sudan (Blue Nile State). This classification conventionally includes the Damotic (North Omotic), Dizoid (Majoid), Mao and Aroid (South Omotic) languages.

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AgglutinativeFusionalConverbInflectionSuprasegmental morphemes
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Classification

D’AbbadieLathamOmetoBerberCushitic
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Overview

EthiopiaOmo RiverSudanBlue Nile StateDamotic
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General Omotic bibliography

Bender, M. L.
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Geographic distribution
Ethiopia, Sudan
Glottolog
None
ISO 639-5
omv
Linguistic classification
Omotic
Native speakers
7.9 million
Proto-language
Proto-Omotic

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Omotic languages

Nodes113
Edges112
Triples79
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017699
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Omotic languages

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related to Classification · 27
Omotic languages → Abbadie, Afroasiatic, Ari-Banna, Aroid, Bender, Berber, Blench, Cushitic, Damotic, Dizoid, Fleming, Gonga, Great Damot, Greenberg, Hamitic, In, Later, Latham, Maji, Mao
related to Phonology · 20
Omotic languages → Aari, Afro-Asiatic, All, All Omotic, Bench, Certain Omotic, Commonly, Dizi, Examples, Ganza, Implosive, In, Mao, Most Omotic, Nordomotic, Representatives, Retroflex, South Omotic, The Omotic, What
related to General · 9
Omotic languages → Aari, Agglutinating, Converb, Femininum, Fusional, Person, Person Pl, The Omotic, Yem
Subdivisions · 4
Omotic languages → Aroid, Damotic, Dizoid, Mao
related to Comparative vocabulary · 3
Omotic languages → Blažek, Omotic, Sample
Geographic distribution · 1
Omotic languages → Ethiopia, Sudan
Glottolog · 1
Omotic languages → None
ISO 639-5 · 1
Omotic languages → omv
Linguistic classification · 1
Omotic languages → Omotic
Native speakers · 1
Omotic languages → 7.9 million

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omotic languages mao aroid damotic dizoid afroasiatic cushitic bench classification south north generally language aari case also linguistic dizi ethiopia

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Omotic languagesGeographic distributionEthiopia, Sudan1.00infobox
Omotic languagesGlottologNone1.00infobox
Omotic languagesISO 639-5omv1.00infobox
Omotic languagesLinguistic classificationOmotic1.00infobox
Omotic languagesNative speakers7.9 million1.00infobox
Omotic languagesProto-languageProto-Omotic1.00infobox
Omotic languagesSubdivisionsDamotic1.00infobox
Omotic languagesSubdivisionsDizoid1.00infobox
Omotic languagesSubdivisionsMao1.00infobox
Omotic languagesSubdivisionsAroid1.00infobox
d’Abbadieinstance ofIn 19th-century classifications linguists0.80text
Latham grouped most of what are now classified as Damotic under the name Gongainstance ofIn 19th-century classifications linguists0.80text

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