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词汇 Omotic
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Definition of Omotic in English:

Omotic

noun əʊˈmɒtɪkōˈmädik
mass noun
  • A subfamily of Afro-Asiatic languages spoken in Ethiopia, with over thirty members, all having comparatively few speakers.

    欧莫提克语(亚非语系的一个亚语系,使用于埃塞俄比亚,有30多个语支但使用者都很少)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The vast majority of the languages spoken in the country can be classified within three families of the Afro-Asiatic super language family: the Semitic, Cushitic, and Omotic.
adjective əʊˈmɒtɪkōˈmädik
  • Denoting or belonging to Omotic.

    欧莫提克语的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The proposed project is an expansion and continuation of on-going research on endangered Omotic languages of Ethiopia (Dime and Zargulla) financed by the first round of NWO's Endangered Languages Programme.
    • In the south and southwest, the Omotic family of languages are spoken by many smaller tribal groups.
    • The volume under review is evidence of growing linguistic interest in the Omotic languages of south-western Ethiopia.
    • Lameen has an intriguing post questioning whether the Omotic languages of eastern Africa are (as they are said to be) part of the Afro-Asiatic family.
    • Omotic speakers have been influenced linguistically and otherwise by Nilo-Saharan groups to the west and by East Cushitic groups surrounding them.

Origin

1970s: from Omo, the name of a river in SW Ethiopia, + -otic.

Definition of Omotic in US English:

Omotic

nounōˈmädik
  • A subfamily of Afro-Asiatic languages spoken in Ethiopia, with over thirty members.

    欧莫提克语(亚非语系的一个亚语系,使用于埃塞俄比亚,有30多个语支但使用者都很少)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The vast majority of the languages spoken in the country can be classified within three families of the Afro-Asiatic super language family: the Semitic, Cushitic, and Omotic.
adjectiveōˈmädik
  • Relating to the Omotic subfamily of languages.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The volume under review is evidence of growing linguistic interest in the Omotic languages of south-western Ethiopia.
    • The proposed project is an expansion and continuation of on-going research on endangered Omotic languages of Ethiopia (Dime and Zargulla) financed by the first round of NWO's Endangered Languages Programme.
    • Omotic speakers have been influenced linguistically and otherwise by Nilo-Saharan groups to the west and by East Cushitic groups surrounding them.
    • Lameen has an intriguing post questioning whether the Omotic languages of eastern Africa are (as they are said to be) part of the Afro-Asiatic family.
    • In the south and southwest, the Omotic family of languages are spoken by many smaller tribal groups.

Origin

1970s: from Omo, the name of a river in SW Ethiopia, + -otic.

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