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Aroid

African Language Families

The Aroid languages, also called Ari-Banna or South Omotic, possibly belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia.

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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
Region
Ethiopia 2
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed (Yigezu, 2013) 2
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Number of Languages
5 1
Connections

Descends From

Omotic, Language Families

Aroid (Ari-Banna, South Omotic) is a branch of the Omotic family.

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Africa

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Source Wikipedia: Aroid languagesLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Aroid or Ari-Banna (sometimes South Omotic or Somotic) languages possibly belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia.
Sources
1. Glottolog: South Omotic (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 5
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Wikipedia: Aroid languages
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    The Aroid or Ari-Banna (sometimes South Omotic or Somotic) languages possibly belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia.
  • Reconstruction section heading
    Below is a reconstruction of Proto-Aroid by Yigezu (2013).
  • Article text
    reconstruction of Proto-Aroid by Yigezu (2013)
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Wikidata: Aroid
Wikidata Q3699526, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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