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Inoric

Inoric is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia.

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Inor (pronounced [inoːr]), sometimes called Ennemor, is an Afroasiatic language spoken in central Ethiopia. One of the Gurage languages, it is mainly spoken within the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, as well as by speakers of the language who have settled in Ethiopian cities, especially Addis Ababa. In addition to the morphological complexity that is common to all Semitic languages, Inor exhibits the very complex morphophonology characteristic of West Gurage languages.

Endegegn, Enner, Gyeto, and the extinct dialect Mesmes are all sometimes considered dialects of Inor.

Inor possesses nasal vowels, which are unusual for a Gurage language. Many of these may be the result of historical rhinoglottophilia.

From Wikipedia · Inor language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Inoric

MeaningWordRomanization
personsEb*
eyeer*
ear3nz3r*
noseEmfunE*
tongueEnEbEd*
handEy*
blooddEm*
bonea73m*
skingogE*
kneegurmEnd*
breasttu*
waterእኸəxä
fire3sEd*
sunEiEd*
starxwExEb*
stone3m3r*
mountainkoto*
treeerE*
leafkEhEr*
nightm3SEdE*
dogg3iE*
fishEsE*
louse3mEr*
oneEt*
twow3r7et*
IiiE*
weinE*
drinksETE*
comemEhE*
newgEdEr*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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

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