The Dizoid or Maji (Majoid) languages consist of three languages spoken in southwestern
Ethiopia:
[Aklilu, Yilma. 2003. Comparative phonology of the Maji languages. ''Journal of Ethiopian Studies'' 36: 59-88.]
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Dizi
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Sheko
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Nayi (Na'o)
Dizi differs from the rest of the two languages somewhat more (Aklilu 2003), although ''Glottolog'' considers similarities between
Sheko and
Nayi to be due to retentions rather than evidence of subgrouping.
Güldemann (2018) accepts that Dizoid is more likely to be related to
Ta-Ne ("North Omotic") than
Mao
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and
Aroid are, and observes loanword influence on Maji languages from the Gimira subgroup of Ta-Ne.
Numerals
Comparison of numerals in individual languages:
See also
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List of Proto-Maji reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
{{Omotic languages
Languages of Ethiopia
Language families
Omotic languages