Western Omo–Tana languages

Western Omo–Tana
Western Omo–Tana
Omo–Tana; Arboroid
Geographic; distribution	Ethiopia, Kenya
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Omo–Tana? Western Omo–Tana; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Arbore; Daasanach; El Molo; Yaaku;
Language codes
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Glottolog	west2723

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

^ Bender, M. Lionel. (2020). Cushitic Lexicon and Phonology. ed. Grover Hudson. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik / Research in African Studies, 28). Berlin: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-60089-4
^ Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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[1] Bender, M. Lionel. (2020). Cushitic Lexicon and Phonology. ed. Grover Hudson. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik / Research in African Studies, 28). Berlin: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-60089-4

[2] Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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