Hamer-Banna language
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| Hamer-Banna | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia |
| Region | South Omo Region |
| Ethnicity | Hamer, Banna |
| Native speakers | 74,400 (2007 census) (date missing) |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | amf |
Hamer or Hamer-Banna is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. It is spoken primarily in the southern part of Ethiopia by the Hamer and Banna people.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] References
- Lydall, Jean (1976): "Hamer" in: Bender, M. Lionel (ed.): The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. East Lansing: African Studies Center, Michigan State University. pp. 393–438.
- Lydall, Jean (1988): Gender, Number and Size in Hamar. in: Bechhaus-Gerst, Marianne and Fritz Serzisko (eds.): Cushitic-Omotic: Papers from the International Symposium on Cushitic and Omotic Languages, Cologne, January 6–7, 1986. Hamburg. pp 77–90.
- Lydall, Jean (2005): Hamär dialect cluster. in: Uhlig, Siegbert (ed.): Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Vol. 2. Wiesbaden. pp 981–982.
[edit] External links
- Ethnologue information on Hamer-Banna
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Hamer
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