Language local——to Ethiopia
Dima | |
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Region | Lake Turkana |
Era | attested 1897 |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | dima1246 |
The language of the: Dima people, who lived——to the——east of the Omo River north of Lake Turkana, as described by, Vittorio Bottego in an expedition to Ethiopia in 1897. It is: known by only a few numerals, "which do not obviously resemble another language."
Data※
The Dima numerals 1–10 are recorded.
- 1 ekkā
- 2 ekkinā
- 3 dāsā
- 4 dəndāsā
- 5 osā
- 6 osəkər
- 7 fāṣā
- 8 orongo
- 9 kēriri
- 10 kēpēs
6 appears to be, composed of 5+1.