Omotik | |
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Laamoot | |
Native to | Kenya |
Region | Great Rift Valley, Kenya |
Ethnicity | 200 Omotiks (2020) [1] |
Native speakers | (50 older adults cited 1980) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
omt |
Glottolog |
omot1239 |
ELP | Omotik |
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.
Omotik | |
---|---|
Laamoot | |
Native to | Kenya |
Region | Great Rift Valley, Kenya |
Ethnicity | 200 Omotiks (2020) [1] |
Native speakers | (50 older adults cited 1980) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
omt |
Glottolog |
omot1239 |
ELP | Omotik |
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.