Omotik | |
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Laamoot | |
Native to | Kenya |
Region | Great Rift Valley, Kenya |
Ethnicity | 200 Omotiks (2000) |
Native speakers
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(50 older adults cited 1980) |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | omot1239 |
Omotik (Sawas) is a moribund Nilotic language of Kenya. It is spoken by the hunter-gatherer Omotik people of the Great Rift Valley among the Maasai; most of the Omotik population has shifted to the Maasai language.