Dima-Bottego language

{{Short description|Language local to Ethiopia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Dima

|nativename=

|region=Lake Turkana

|ethnicity=

|era=attested 1897

|ref=

|familycolor=unclassified

|iso3=none

|glotto=dima1246

|glottorefname=Dima-Bottego

|}}

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.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.

: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.

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