South Ethiopian Semitic languages

South Ethiopian Semitic languages

Infobox Language family
name=South Ethiopian Semitic
region=Ethiopia
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Semitic
fam3=South Semitic
fam4=Western
fam5=Ethiopian Semitic
child1=Outer South Ethiopian Semitic
child2=Transversal South Ethiopian Semitic

South Ethiopian Semitic is a group of group of Afro-Asiatic languages of Ethiopia. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91897 Ethnologue entry for South Ethiopian Semitic languages]

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