The Ometo languages of Ethiopia are a dialect cluster of the Omotic family, generally accepted as part of the Afro-Asiatic language family. They include the most populous Omotic language, Wolaytta, with two million speakers.[1] The languages have around 4 million speakers.
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The Ometolanguages of Ethiopia are a dialect cluster of the Omotic family, generally accepted as part of the Afro-Asiatic language family. They include...
Gimojan Yemsa Ometo–Gimira Bench Chara Ometolanguages Apart from terminology, this differs from Fleming (1976) in including the Mao languages, whose affiliation...
given by Güldemann (2018) are: Ometo-C’ara Gimira (Bench) Gonga Yemsa (Yem) Comparison of numerals in individual languages: Blažek, Václav. 2008. A lexicostatistical...
Ometolanguages spoken in Gamo-Gofa Zone, Ethiopia. There is little information on it. It may be a dialect of Wolaitta, Gofa, or a distinct language in...
Wolaitta or Wolayttatto Doonaa is a North Omotic language of the Ometo group spoken in the Wolayita Zone and some other parts of the Southern Nations...
mother tongue. Alemayehu Abebe (2002). "Sociolinguistic survey report on the Ometo dialect of Ethiopia, part II", SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-012. Gayil...
of Maale in Ethiopia. Language Matters : Studies in the Languages of Africa 39(1): 29-48. Van Aswegen, Jacobus. 2008. Language Maintenance and Shift in...
Region. The language of the Koore, Koorete, belongs to East OmetoLanguage sub-family with Kachama-Ganjule and Zayse. It is the only Ometolanguage east of...
Basketto, Baskatta, Mesketo, Misketto, and Basketo-Dokka) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the Basketo special woreda of the Southern Nations, Nationalities...
Melo (also known as Malo) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the Gamo Gofa Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia...
Conference on Cushitic and Omotic Languages, Paris, 16–18 April 2008. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. World Atlas of Language Structures information on Koorete...
Oyda is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the Gamo Gofa Zone of Ethiopia. The 2007 Census of Ethiopia lists 45,120 individuals for the ethnic group. Oyda...
(2002:12) Yilma (2002:11) Numbers in Afro-Asiatic Languages Yilma, Aklilu (1995), "Some notes on the Chara language: Sound system and noun morphology", S.L.L...
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