Omotic

E511073
branch of Afroasiatic language family

Omotic is a group of Afroasiatic languages spoken primarily in southwestern Ethiopia, known for their significant internal diversity and debated classification within the Afroasiatic family.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Omotic canonical 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Afroasiatic ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeClassification independent branch of Afroasiatic ⓘ
not part of Afroasiatic (minority view) ⓘ
approximateNumberOfLanguages 30–40 ⓘ
classificationStatus disputed ⓘ
classificationWithinAfroasiatic debated ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature SOV basic word order in many languages ⓘ
complex tonal systems in many languages ⓘ
high internal diversity ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
use of suffixes for case marking in many languages ⓘ
hasSubgroup Aroid ⓘ
Dizoid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gimojan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gonga-Gimojan ⓘ
Mao NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Omotic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ometo NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Omotic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ta-Ne NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamilyOf Aari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Basketto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bench NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dawro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dime NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dizi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gamo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro-Wolaytta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro-Wolaytta-Male NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gimira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gofa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hamer-Banna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Male ⓘ
Mao languages ⓘ
Sheko NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wolaytta NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamilyStatus one of the most divergent branches of Afroasiatic ⓘ
primaryRegion southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
proposalDate 1969 ⓘ
proposedBy Harold C. Fleming NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy Omotic peoples ⓘ
spokenIn Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Afroasiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystemUsage many languages unwritten ⓘ
some languages use Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wolaytta → languageFamily → Omotic ⓘ
North Omotic → partOf → Omotic ⓘ
North Omotic → branchOf → Omotic ⓘ
Kafa → languageBranch → Omotic ⓘ
South Omotic → partOf → Omotic ⓘ
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro → languageFamily → Omotic ⓘ