• Ongota (also known as Birale, Birayle) is a moribund language of southwest Ethiopia. UNESCO reported in 2012 that out of a total ethnic population of 115...
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    that Ongota is a separate branch of Afroasiatic. Bonny Sands (2009) thinks the most convincing proposal is by Savà and Tosco (2003), namely that Ongota is...
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  • Savà and Tosco (2003) believe Ongota is an East Cushitic language with a Nilo-Saharan substratum—that is, that Ongota speakers shifted to East Cushitic...
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    extinct, victims of language death, as Weyto, Gafat, and Mesmes have and Ongota very soon will. The factors that contribute to language death are complex...
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    that continue to resist easy classification are: possibly Afroasiatic: Ongota, Gomba possibly Nilo-Saharan: Shabo possibly Niger–Congo: Jalaa, Mbre, Bayot...
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    majority of scholars: Linguist H. Fleming proposed that the near-extinct Ongota language is a separate branch of Afroasiatic; however, this is only one...
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    of the Gawwada, Tsamay, and Diraasha Areas with Excursions to Birayle (Ongota) and Arbore (Irbore): Part 2 Archived 2012-07-28 at the Wayback Machine...
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  • African Languages Savà, Graziano; Tosco, Mauro (2003). "The classification of Ongota". In Bender, M. Lionel; et al. (eds.). Selected comparative-historical Afrasian...
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    branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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  • Jalaa† (Nigeria) Kwaza (Brazil) Mpre† (Ghana) Bayot (Senegal) Laal (Chad) Ongota (Ethiopia) Shabo (Ethiopia) Omaio (Tanzania) Oropom (Uganda) (extinct, if...
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    branches, and least moves accounting for its five or six branches or sevem, if Ongota is counted".Keita, S. O. Y. (September 2022). "Ideas about "Race" in Nile...
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    branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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    branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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  • branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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     II, no. 10.1, László Török, p. 55 (44–106) Fleming, Harold C. (1988), Ongota: A Decisive Language in African Prehistory, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, p...
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    branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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  • North America 1 Nihali Eurasia 1 Odiai Oceania 1 Omurano South America 1 Ongota Africa 1 Oti South America 1 Oyster Bay-Big River-Little Swanport Australia...
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    West Africa". Oral Literature in Africa, pg 558. Fleming, Harold C. 2006. Ongota: A Decisive Language in African Prehistory. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz...
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  • branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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  • branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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    branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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    branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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    branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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  • branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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  • Ethiopia Afro-Asiatic > Omotic 0/11 0.00% Castrì 2008 and Boattini 2013 Ongota Ethiopia Afro-Asiatic > Cushitic 0/19 0.00% Castrì 2008 and Boattini 2013...
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    branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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  • possibly East Chadic (B.1.3), Cushitic, transitional or a language isolate) Ongota? (unclassified; possibly Nilo-Saharan, transitional or a language isolate)...
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    branches, and least moves accounting for its five or six branches or sevem, if Ongota is counted".[verification needed] Keita, S. O. Y. (September 2022). "Ideas...
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    branches Ethiopia-Sudan border region Berta Bʼaga Koman Gule ? Kuliak Kunama Ongota ? Shabo ? Sahel region Furan Kadu Maban Saharan Songhay Central Sudanic...
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  • Ethiopia Language Status Comments ISO 639-3 'Ongota language Critically endangered   bxe Anfillo language Critically endangered   myo Arbore language Definitely...
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