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Dima language (Ethiopia)

The Dima language (Doqo Dimā) is an extinct language formerly spoken in Ethiopia by 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.

Vocabulary

Only the Dima numerals 1–10 are recorded.

  1. ekkā
  2. ekkinā
  3. dāsā
  4. dꬰndāsā
  5. osā
  6. osꬰkꬰr
  7. fāṣā
  8. orongo
  9. kēriri
  10. kēpēs

6 appears to be composed of 5 +1 .

Notes