-
Ongota (also
known as Birale, Birayle) is a
moribund language of
southwest Ethiopia.
UNESCO reported in 2012 that out of a
total ethnic po****tion of 115...
- Savà and
Tosco (2003)
believe Ongota is an East Cu****ic
language with a Nilo-Saharan substratum—that is, that
Ongota speakers shifted to East Cu****ic...
- that
Ongota is a
separate branch of Afroasiatic.
Bonny Sands (2009)
thinks the most
convincing proposal is by Savà and
Tosco (2003),
namely that
Ongota is...
- extinct,
victims of
language death, as Weyto, Gafat, and
Mesmes have and
Ongota very soon will. The
factors that
contribute to
language death are complex...
-
African Languages Savà, Graziano; Tosco,
Mauro (2003). "The
classification of
Ongota". In Bender, M. Lionel; et al. (eds.).
Selected comparative-historical Afrasian...
-
majority of scholars:
Linguist H.
Fleming proposed that the near-extinct
Ongota language is a
separate branch of Afroasiatic; however, this is only one...
- Jalaa† (Nigeria)
Kwaza (Brazil) Mpre† (Ghana)
Bayot (Senegal) Laal (Chad)
Ongota (Ethiopia)
Shabo (Ethiopia)
Omaio (Tanzania)
Oropom (Uganda) (extinct, if...
- that
continue to
resist easy
classification are:
possibly Afroasiatic:
Ongota,
Gomba possibly Nilo-Saharan:
Shabo possibly Niger–Congo: Jalaa, Mbre, Bayot...
-
branches Ethiopia-Sudan
border region Berta Bʼaga
Koman Gule ?
Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ?
Sahel region Furan Kadu
Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
- of the Gawwada, Tsamay, and
Diraasha Areas with
Excursions to
Birayle (
Ongota) and
Arbore (Irbore): Part 2
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