The (Western) Omo–Tana or Arboroid languages belong to the
Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
and
Kenya
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The languages are:
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Arbore
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Daasanach
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El Molo
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Yaaku
The first three have long been recognized as related; ; Bender (2020) adds Yaaku, whose classification had been obscure.
The
El Molo language of Kenya is nearly extinct.
[Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World''. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]
Notes
East Cushitic languages
Languages of Ethiopia
Languages of Kenya
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