Omotik language
| Omotik | |
|---|---|
| Laamoot | |
| Native to | Kenya |
| Region | Great Rift Valley, Kenya |
| Ethnicity | 200 Omotiks (2000)[1] |
Native speakers | (50 older adults cited 1980)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | omt |
| Glottolog | omot1239 |
| ELP | Omotik |
Omotik (Sawas) is a moribund Nilotic language of Kenya. It is spoken by the hunter-gatherer of the Great Rift Valley among the Maasai; most of the Omotik population has shifted to the Maasai language.
References[]
- ^ a b Omotik at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Categories:
- Southern Nilotic languages
- Languages of Kenya
- Nilo-Saharan language stubs