Western Omo–Tana languages

{{Infobox language family

|name=Western Omo–Tana

|altname=Omo–Tana
Arboroid

|region=Ethiopia, Kenya

|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic

|fam2=Cushitic

|fam3=Lowland East

|fam4=Omo–Tana?

|child1=Arbore

|child2=Daasanach

|child3=El Molo

|child4=Yaaku

|glotto=west2723

|glottorefname=Western Omo–Tana

}}

The (Western) Omo–Tana or Arboroid languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya.

The languages are:

The first three have long been recognized as related; Bender (2020) adds Yaaku, whose classification had been obscure.Bender, M. Lionel. (2020). Cushitic Lexicon and Phonology. ed. Grover Hudson. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik / Research in African Studies, 28). Berlin: Peter Lang. {{ISBN|978-3-631-60089-4}}

The El Molo language of Kenya is nearly extinct.Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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Category:East Cushitic languages

Category:Languages of Ethiopia

Category:Languages of Kenya

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