Karo language
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For the Karo language of Brazil, see Ramarama language. For the Karo language of North Sumatra, see Batak Karo language.
| Karo | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia |
| Region | South Omo Region |
| Native speakers | 1,480 (2007 census)[1] |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kxh |
Karo (also Cherre, Kere, Kerre) is an Omotic language spoken in the Debub (South) Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia. Karo is described as being closely related to its neighbors, Hamer and Banna, with a lexical similarity of 81%.[2]
In ISO 639-3 there is also a Karo (Brazil), so Karo (Ethiopia) is used to distinguish this language from that one.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Karo", Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] External links
- Map of the Karo language, LL-Map website
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