Omotik
Omotik is a Nilotic language spoken in Kenya. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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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.
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Words in Omotik
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kyita* | |
| eye | koNda* | |
| ear | ita* | |
| nose | maruNda* | |
| tooth | iluaka* | |
| tongue | neLEpta* | |
| hand | panakta* | |
| blood | kuska* | |
| bone | sareita* | |
| skin | muita* | |
| knee | kutuNda* | |
| breast | kyinEta* | |
| liver | kouta* | |
| water | paika* | |
| fire | mata* | |
| sun | aseteta* | |
| star | meNgwEika* | |
| stone | kaptilianda* | |
| mountain | kwaita* | |
| tree | kwendota* | |
| leaf | taptEta* | |
| night | komisa* | |
| dog | Nokta* | |
| fish | saNgirianda* | |
| louse | nyuko* | |
| one | agitio* | |
| two | ainia* | |
| drink | ya* | |
| see | kasiria* | |
| hear | kapandEi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · omot1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · omt