Dima-Bottego language

Dima
Dima
Region	Lake Turkana
Era	attested 1897
Language family	unclassified ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	dima1246

The language of the Dima people, who lived to the east of the Omo River north of Lake Turkana, as described by Vittorio Bottego in an expedition to Ethiopia in 1897. It is known by only a few numerals, which do not obviously resemble another language.

Data[]

The Dima numerals 1–10 are recorded.^[1]

1 ekkā

2 ekkinā

3 dāsā

4 dəndāsā

5 osā

6 osəkər

7 fāṣā

8 orongo

9 kēriri

10 kēpēs

6 appears to be composed of 5+1.

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Carlo Conti Rossini, 1927. Sui Linguaggi Parlati a Nord dei Laghi Rodolfo e Stefania. In Boas, Dempwolff, Panconcelli-Calzia, Werner & Westermann (eds.), Festschrift Meinhof, 247–255. L. Friederichsen, Hamburg.

[Rossini-1] Carlo Conti Rossini, 1927. Sui Linguaggi Parlati a Nord dei Laghi Rodolfo e Stefania. In Boas, Dempwolff, Panconcelli-Calzia, Werner & Westermann (eds.), Festschrift Meinhof, 247–255. L. Friederichsen, Hamburg.

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Dima
Region	Lake Turkana
Era	attested 1897^[1]
Language family	unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`dima1246`