Dima-Bottego language

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Dima
Region Lake Turkana
Eraattested 1897 [1]
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]

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. 1 2 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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