Karo language
Encyclopedia
Karo is an Omotic
language spoken in the Debub (South) Omo Zone
of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region
in Ethiopia
. Karo is described as being closely related to its neighbors, Hamer and Banna, with a lexical similarity of 81%.
In ISO 639-3 there is also a Karo (Brazil), so Karo (Ethiopia) is used to distinguish this language from that one.
Omotic languages
The Omotic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic family spoken in southwestern Ethiopia. The Ge'ez alphabet is used to write some Omotic languages, the Roman alphabet for some others. They are fairly agglutinative, and have complex tonal systems .-Language list:The North and South Omotic...
language spoken in the Debub (South) Omo Zone
Debub Omo Zone
Debub Omo is a Zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region . Debub Omo is bordered on the south by Kenya, on the southwest by the Ilemi Triangle, on the west by Bench Maji, on the northwest by Keficho Shekicho, on the north by Semien Omo, on the northeast by the...
of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia. It was formed from the merger of the former Regions 7-11 following the 1994 elections...
in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
. Karo is described as being closely related to its neighbors, Hamer and Banna, with a lexical similarity of 81%.
In ISO 639-3 there is also a Karo (Brazil), so Karo (Ethiopia) is used to distinguish this language from that one.
External links
- Map of the Karo language, LL-Map website