Ometo-Gimira languages

Ometo-Gimira languages

Infobox Language family
name=Ometo-Gimira
region=Ethiopia
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Omotic
fam3=North
fam4=Gonga-Gimojan
fam5=Gimojan
child1=Bench
child2=Chara
child3=Ometo group

The Ometo-Gimira languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

Notes

References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91908 Ethnologue entry for Ometo-Gimira languages]


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