Amharic-Argobba languages

Amharic-Argobba languages

Infobox Language family
name=Amharic-Argobba
region=Ethiopia
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Semitic
fam3=South Semitic
fam4=Western
fam5=Ethiopian Semitic
fam6=South
fam7=Transversal
child1=Amharic
child2=Argobba

Amharic-Argobba 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.]

Notes

References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91899 Ethnologue entry for Amharic-Argobba languages]


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