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Koman
Geographic
distribution
Ethiopia–Sudan border region
Native speakers
50,000
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
  • Komuz?
    • Koman
Subdivisions
  • Uduk
  • Kwama
  • Komo
  • Opo
  • Dana
  • Gule?
Glottologkoma1264

The Koman languages are a small close-knit family of languages located along the Ethiopia–Sudan border with about 50,000 speakers. They are conventionally classified as part of the Nilo-Saharan family. However, due to the paucity of evidence, many scholars treat it as an independent language family. Among scholars who do accept its inclusion within Nilo-Saharan, opinions vary as to their position within it.

Koman languages in Ethiopia are in close contact with the Omotic Mao languages. In Ethiopia, some Koman-speaking groups also consider themselves to be ethnically Mao.[1]

  1. ^ Küspert, Klaus-Christian (2015). "The Mao and Komo Languages in the Begi–Tongo area in Western Ethiopia: Classification, Designations, Distribution". Linguistic Discovery. 13 (1). doi:10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.447.

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