Hamer-Banna language

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Hamer-Banna
Spoken in: Ethiopia 
Region: South Omo Region
Total speakers: 42,838 total; 38,354 monolinguals (1998)
Language family: Afro-Asiatic
 Omotic
  South Omotic
   Hamer-Banna
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: amf

Hamer or Hamer-Banna is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. It is spoken primarily in the southern part of Ethiopia by the Hamer people. Other names for this language include: Amar Amarcocche Amer Ammar Bana Banna Beshada Cocche Hamar Hamar-Koke Hamer Hammer Hammercoche Kara Kerre. [1]

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  1. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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