Omotic

English

Etymology

Named after the Omo River in Ethiopia, +‎ -ic. The river's name could ultimately be from Ganza wá-ma, ó-má (“river”).

Adjective

Omotic (comparative more Omotic, superlative most Omotic)

  1. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a language family, often grouped into the Afroasiatic language family, spoken in southwestern Ethiopia, some of which use the Ge'ez alphabet, and which are fairly agglutinative, with complex tonal systems.

References
  • Smolders, Joshua: A Phonology of Ganza (Gwàmì Nánà)

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