Hamer-Banna

Hamer-Banna is a South Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Hamer or Hamer-Banna (Hamer: hámar aapó) is a language within the South Omotic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. It is spoken primarily in southern Ethiopia by the Hamar people, Banna people, and by speakers of Karo.

There is a pidginized variety in local use.

From Wikipedia · Hamer language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Hamer-Banna

Meaning	Word	Romanization
mother	indá
father	imbá
eye	áapi
hand	aan
water	noqó
moon	árpi
see	aapá

Most similar languages

Vocabulary

Karo (Ethiopia)South Omotic49% alike
AariSouth Omotic39% alike
GayilSouth Omotic35% alike
DimeSouth Omotic18% alike
EraveNuclear Trans New Guinea10% alike
TunniAfro-Asiatic10% alike

Grammar

ChocangacakhaSino-Tibetan81% alike
CoguiChibchan79% alike
TodaDravidian78% alike
LamkangSino-Tibetan78% alike
MararitTamaic78% alike
SholagaDravidian78% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

Pidgin Hamer Arbore Karo (Ethiopia)Tsamai Kwegu Ongota Daasanach Mursi Ale-Gawwada Aari

Elsewhere

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