| Omotik | |
|---|---|
| Laamoot | |
| Native to | Kenya |
| Region | Great Rift Valley, Kenya |
| Ethnicity | 200 Omotiks (2000) |
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Native speakers
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(50 older adults cited 1980) |
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Nilo-Saharan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| 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.