Omo–Tana languages

Omo–Tana
Geographic; distribution	Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Omo–Tana; ; ;
Subdivisions	Rendille?; Somali?; Baiso?; Girirra?; Western Omo–Tana;
Glottolog	omot1245[1]

The Omo–Tana languages are a disputed branch of the Cushitic family and are spoken in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya. The largest member is Somali. There is some debate as to whether the Omo–Tana languages form a single group, or whether they are individual branches of Lowland East Cushitic. Blench (2006) restricts the name to the Western Omo–Tana languages, and calls the others Macro-Somali.[2]

Internal classification

Mauro Tosco (2012)[3] proposes the following internal classification of the Omo-Tana languages. Tosco considers Omo-Tama to consist of a Western branch and an Eastern ("Somaloid") branch, which is a dialect chain of various Somali languages and the Rendille–Boni languages (see also Macro-Somali languages).

Omo-Tana

Western ("Galaboid") branch
- Dhaasanac
- Arbore
- Elmolo
Eastern ("Somaloid") branch
- Rendille
- Karre–Boni
- Tunni–Dabarre
- Ashraaf
- Maay
- Somali

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References

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Omo–Tana". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Roger Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
Tosco, Mauro (2012). The Unity and Diversity of Somali Dialectal Variants. In: Nathan Oyori Ogechi, Jane A. Ngala Oduor and Peter Iribemwangi (eds.), The Harmonization and Standardization of Kenyan Languages. Orthography and other aspects. Cape Town: The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS): 2012: 263-280.

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Omo–Tana". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[2] Roger Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

[Tosco2012-3] Tosco, Mauro (2012). The Unity and Diversity of Somali Dialectal Variants. In: Nathan Oyori Ogechi, Jane A. Ngala Oduor and Peter Iribemwangi (eds.), The Harmonization and Standardization of Kenyan Languages. Orthography and other aspects. Cape Town: The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS): 2012: 263-280.