Western Omo–Tana languages
(Redirected from Arboroid languages)
| Western Omo–Tana | |
|---|---|
| Omo–Tana Arboroid | |
| Geographic distribution | Ethiopia, Kenya |
| Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | west2723 |
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The (Western) Omo–Tana or Arboroid languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya.
The languages are:
The first three have long been recognized as related; Bender (2020) adds Yaaku, whose classification had been obscure.[1] The El Molo language of Kenya is nearly extinct.[2]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Bender, M. Lionel. (2020). Cushitic Lexicon and Phonology. ed. Grover Hudson. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik / Research in African Studies, 28). Berlin: Peter Lang. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
