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| Aroid | |
|---|---|
| Ari-Banna, South Omotic | |
| Geographic distribution | Ethiopia, mainlySouth Omo Zone |
| Linguistic classification | Afroasiatic?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | sout2845 |
TheAroid orAri-Banna (sometimesSouth Omotic orSomotic) languages possibly belong to theAfro-Asiatic family and are spoken inEthiopia.
There are five Aroid languages:
The classification of South Omotic (also called Aroid) is highly disputed and it may be a separate language family. Karo is sometimes considered as a dialect of Hamer, but considered as a separate language by Glottolog which groups both in aHamer-Karo subfamily.
Zaborski (1986)[1] and Lamberti (1993)[2] consider South Omotic to be a separate branch ofCushitic, renaming it asWest Cushitic.
Bender (2000, 2003)[3][4] notes that South Omotic is in fact quite divergent from otherAfroasiatic languages, and suggests that it may in fact have connections withNilo-Saharan, such asSurmic andNilotic.
Enrico Cerulli had proposed that Aroid languages might be a part ofNilotic.[5] Citing lexical similarities withSurmic and other non-NiloticNilo-Saharan languages, Yigezu (2013)[6] argues that Aroid (a.k.a. South Omotic) has a "Nilo-Saharan origin" and had become strongly influenced by other "Omotic" language groups. The Proto-Aroid vowel system is also more similar to those of the Surmic and Nilotic languages (Yigezu 2006, 2013).[6]
Glottolog 4.0 does not recognize that South Omotic belongs to one of the disputed families, and the candidate group of Omotic languages (grouping both North and South Omotic languages) remains disputed. For this reason it is considered for now as a separate family.
| Proto-Aroid | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Aroid languages |
Below is a reconstruction of Proto-Aroid by Yigezu (2013).[7]
| Gloss | Proto-Aroid |
|---|---|
| animal | *dabɪ- |
| arrow | *bʌnkʌr |
| blow | *pug- |
| boat (canoe) | *gongul |
| buffalo | *meek- |
| burn | *ʔats- |
| bury | *duuk- |
| calabash | *gusi |
| call (v) | *ɛl- |
| cattle | *waak- |
| charcoal | *tʃ’ilʃ- |
| chicken | *baatʃa ~ *koyz |
| chicken | *baatʃ- |
| chief | *biti |
| claw | *guʃ- |
| climb | *wut- |
| cloth | *apala |
| cotton | *putta |
| count | *payd- |
| crocodile | *gurgur |
| divide (v) | *kʌʃ- |
| donkey | *ukul- |
| drink (v) | *wutʃ’- |
| dry season | *bona |
| egg | *muk’-; *mol- |
| father | *baab |
| fire | *no̤ha ~ *nuu |
| hand/arm | *ʔan |
| hat | *koɓ- |
| head | *mat- |
| hoe | *gaita |
| hold | *yʌd |
| I | *ʔinta |
| liver | *tʊ/ur- |
| make | *ʔaʃk- |
| mother | *ʔind- |
| mouth | *ʔap- |
| navel | *gulɗ- |
| nine | *sakal |
| open | *bul- |
| people | *eedna |
| person | *eed |
| pierce | *tors- |
| plant | *kor- |
| rainy season | *bʌrgi |
| road | *gɔgi |
| salt | *sok’o |
| sand | *ʃaam- |
| seed | *ɓenta |
| sew | *dʒaag- |
| shoot | *kʌs’- |
| show | *ɗaw- |
| six | *la̤h |
| smoke (n) | *tʃ’ub- |
| snake | *gun- |
| sow | *dʊk’- |
| spit | *tʌs’-; *pas’- |
| split | *p’al- |
| tail | *go/ul- |
| ten | *tʌmm-; *tʌɓ- |
| tobacco | *dampo |
| untie | *bul- |
| urinate | *ʃaan- |
| urine | *ʃaan |
| 1SG | *ʔinta |
| 2SG | *ya- |
| 3SG.MASC | *no̤h/nuu |
| 3SG.FEM | *naa |
| 3SG.NEUT | *yi |
| 1PL | *wot- |
| 2PL | *yʌt- |
| 3PL | *kɛt- |
Comparison of numerals in individual languages:[8]
| Language | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aari | wólːáq | qastːén | makːén | ʔoydːí | dónqː | láː | tabzá | qastːaː́ntámːers (lit. two less than ten) | wolqáːntámːers (lit. one less than ten) | támːá |
| Hamer-Banna (1) | kála | lamá | makkán | oidí | dunɡ̥ | lax | toɓɓá | lankái | sal | táɓi |
| Hamer-Banna (2) | kʌlʌ | lɛmaː | makan | ʔoʷidi / ʔuʷidi | duŋ | lʌx | tʌɓa / toɓa | lʌŋkaⁱ | səl | təɓi |
| Dime | ˈwɔkʰʌl / wókkil | ˈkʼʌtʼɨm / kʼəstin | ˈmʌkʰɨm / mə́kkim | ʔʊdːʊ / ʔúddú | ˈʃənːə / ʃinní | ˈlahə ~ ˈlah / láxi | ˈtʰʊsːʊm / tússum | ˈkʼʌʃnaʃ / kʼaʃnáʃiʃ | ˈwʌklaʃ / wókláʃiʃ | ˈtʰamːe / təmme |
| Karo (Kara Apo) | kala | lama | makkam | ojidi | dɔŋ | la | tsoɓa | lɔɔŋkaji | sal | taɓi |