Karo language (Ethiopia)
| Karo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | South Omo Region |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2007 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kxh |
| Glottolog | karo1297 |
| ELP | Karo (Ethiopia) |
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%,[1] and is considered a dialect of Hamer by Blench (2006).[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Karo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List
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