Omi language

Omi
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region Orientale Province
Native speakers
91,000  (2005)[1]
Nilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 omi
Glottolog omii1238[2]

Omi is a Central Sudanic language, spoken in the Aru Territory in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between the two rivers Nzoro and Lowa. It was once considered a dialect of the Keliko language, but requires separate literature.

References

  1. Omi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Omi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.