North Omotic languages

North Omotic languages
North Omotic
Geographic
distribution:		 Ethiopia
Linguistic classification: Afro-Asiatic
Subdivisions:
Dizoid group
Gonga–Gimojan group

The North Omotic or Nomotic languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia.[1]

Notes

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

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