Karo language
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For the Karo language of Brazil, see Ramarama language. For the Karo language of North Sumatra, see Batak Karo language.
A Karo village
| Karo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | South Omo Region |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2007 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kxh |
A young Karo woman
Karo (also Cherre, Kere, Kerre) is an Omotic language spoken in the Debub (South) Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia. Karo is described as being closely related to its neighbors, Hamer and Banna, with a lexical similarity of 81%,[2] and is considered a dialect of Hamer by Blench (2006).[3]
Notes
- ↑ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ↑ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Karo", Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- ↑ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List
External links
- Map of the Karo language, LL-Map website
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