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The Omotic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic family spoken in southwestern Ethiopia. The Ge'ez script is used to write some Omotic languages, the Latin alphabet some others. They are fairly agglutinative, and have complex tonal systems (see Bench language, for example). ==Languages== The North and South Omotic branches ("Nomotic" and "Somotic") are universally recognized. The primary debate is over the placement of the Mao languages. Bender (2000) classifies Omotic languages as follows: *South Omotic / Aroid (Hamer-Banna, Aari, Dime, Karo) *North Omotic / Non-Aroid * *Mao * * *Bambassi * * *West Mao (Hozo, Seze, Ganza) * *Dizoid (Dizi, Sheko, Nayi) * *Gonga–Gimojan * * *Gonga/Kefoid (Boro, Anfillo, Kafa, Shekkacho) * * *Gimojan * * * *''Yemsa'' * * * *Ometo–Gimira * * * * *''Bench'' * * * * *''Chara'' * * * * *Ometo languages Apart from terminology, this differs from Fleming (1976) in including the Mao languages, whose affiliation had originally been controversial, and in abolishing the "Gimojan" group. There are also differences in the subclassification of Ometo, which is not covered here. Hayward (2003) separates out the Mao languages as a third branch of Omotic, and breaks up Ometo–Gimira: *South Omotic *Mao *North Omotic * *Dizoid * *Ta–Ne languages * * *Gonga * * *Gimojan * * * *''Yemsa'' * * * *''Bench'' * * * *Ometo–Chara Blench (2006) gives a more agnostic classification:〔Blench, 2006. (The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List )〕 *South Omotic *North Omotic * *Mao * *Dizoid * *Gonga (Kefoid) * *''Yem'' * *Gimira * *Ometo (?Chara) Bosha† is unclassified; ''Ethnologue'' lists it as a dialect of Kafa, but notes it may be a distinct language. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Omotic languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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