Ongota

Ongota is a language isolate spoken in Ethiopia, by about 12 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.

Ongota · 5.3°N 37.0°E

An isolate: no relationship to any other known language has been demonstrated.

Ongota (also known as Birale, Birayle) is a moribund language of southwest Ethiopia. UNESCO reported in 2012 that out of a total ethnic population of 115, only 12 elderly native speakers remained, the rest of their small village on the west bank of the Weito River having adopted the Tsamai language instead. The default word order is subject–object–verb. The classification of the language is obscure (Sava & Tosco 2015).

From Wikipedia · Ongota language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Ongota

Meaning	Word	Romanization
man	inta
woman	ˀayma
person	yoba*
name	meSa*
eye	afa*
ear	wowa*
nose	sina*
tooth	itima*
tongue	Xadaba*
hand	i7a*
blood	SoXo*
bone	miCa*
skin	darbo*
knee	gibila*
breast	ama*
liver	tira*
water	čʼaˁawa
fire	oXoni*
sun	aXaCo*
star	Xizge*
stone	Ca7a*
mountain	kuttunko*
tree	XanCa*
leaf	XaSi*
night	Xuo*
dog	qaske*
fish	kara*
louse	camica*
one	kalbano*
two	lama*