Omotic

English

Etymology

Named after the Omo River in Ethiopia, +‎ -ic. The river's name could ultimately be from Ganza wá-ma, ó-má (“river”).

Adjective

Omotic (comparative more Omotic, superlative most Omotic)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• Proto-Omotic

 

References

• Smolders, Joshua: A Phonology of Ganza (Gwàmì Nánà)

Anagrams

• Comito