Omotic
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after the Omo River in Ethiopia, + -ic. The river's name could ultimately be from Ganza wá-ma, ó-má (“river”).
Adjective edit
Omotic (comparative more Omotic, superlative most Omotic)
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a language family, often grouped into the Afroasiatic language family, spoken in southwestern Ethiopia, some of which use the Ge'ez alphabet, and which are fairly agglutinative, with complex tonal systems.
References edit
- Smolders, Joshua: A Phonology of Ganza (Gwàmì Nánà)