Omo-Tana languages

Omo-Tana languages

Infobox Language family
name=Omo-Tana
region=Ethiopia, Kenya
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Cushitic
fam3=Lowland East
child1=Rendille-Boni
child2=Somali
child3=Baiso
child4=Western Omo-Tana

The Omo-Tana languages belong to the Cushitic family and are spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya. The most important member is Somali. There is some debate as to whether the Omo-Tana languages form a single group, or whether they are primary branches of Lowland East Cushitic.

Unclassified within the Lowland languages, and thus perhaps in Omo-Tana, are Komso-Gidole and the endangered Boon language.


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