Western Omo–Tana languages explained

Western Omo–Tana
Also Known As:Omo–Tana
Arboroid
Region:Ethiopia, Kenya
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Cushitic
Fam3:Lowland East
Fam4:Omo–Tana?
Child1:Arbore
Child2:Daasanach
Child3:El Molo
Child4:Yaaku
Glotto:west2723
Glottorefname:Western Omo–Tana

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 and References

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