The North Omotic languages, also known as Ta-Ne Omotic or Damotic, are possibly a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in Ethiopia. They have traditionally been classified together with the Aroid, Dizoid, and Mao languages within the disputed "Omotic" family.
In 19th century classifications linguists such as dâÂÂAbbadie and Latham grouped most of what are now classified as North Omotic under the name Gonga (including the Ometo languages) and treated them as "Hamitic languages of Great Damot".
The four Ta-Ne Omotic (North Omotic) subdivisions given by Güldemann (2018) are:
Comparison of numerals in individual languages: