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Omotic

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O·mot·ic  (-mtk)
n.
A branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, spoken in Ethiopia.
[After the Omo River in western Ethiopia.]
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Noun1.Omotic - a group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia; closely related to Cushitic languages
Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
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[52] One study of gene and language flow for example, repeatedly excluded African data not meeting assigned racial categories, removing Chadic, Omotic and Cushitic speakers to create the impression that Ethiopians are an anomaly, i.
Methodological Problems in Identifying Ancient Nile Valley Populations by Gnarban Cirpinski / Anthropology, archeology, folklore community
Bomhard's wide-ranging and highly speculative study attempts to connect Prosto-Indo-European language forms with so-called Proto-Afroasiatic forms (the Proto-Afroasiatic group of languages includes the Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, Omotic, and Chadic families).
The Word: The Dictionary That Reveals the Source of English by Besserman, Lawrence / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
Bomhard's wide-ranging and highly speculative study attempts to connect Prosto-Indo-European language forms with so-called Proto-Afroasiatic forms (the Proto-Afroasiatic group of languages includes the Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, Omotic, and Chadic families).
The Hebrew roots of the English language by Besserman, Lawrence / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
 
 
 
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