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Language local——to Ethiopia
Dima
RegionLake Turkana
Eraattested 1897
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologdima1246

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.

Notes

  1. ^ Carlo Conti Rossini, "1927." Sui Linguaggi Parlati a Nord dei Laghi Rodolfo e Stefania. In Boas, Dempwolff, Panconcelli-Calzia, Werner & Westermann (eds.), Festschrift Meinhof, 247–255. L. Friederichsen, Hamburg.

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