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This topic is still not settled among Ethiopian linguists.
This topic is still not settled among Ethiopian linguists.


* Semitic
** Amharic
** Tigrinya
** Gurage
** Tigre
* Cushitic
** Lowland
*** Oromo
*** Somali
*** Afar
** Highland
*** Sidamo
*** Wolaytta
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[[File:SEDES Unity.jpg|right|thumb]]


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
* Nasals: m, n
{| class="wikitable"
* Plosive: b/p/p' ; d/t/t' ; g/k/k' ; ?
|+ Consonants
* Affricate: ǧ, č, č'
! !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal
* Fric: f, s, z, h
|-
* Approx: l, r, j, w (makes labio-velars)
! Nasal
| m || n || || ||
|-
! Voiceless Plosive
| p || t || č || k || ʔ
|-
! Voiced Plosive
| b || d || ǧ || g ||
|-
! Ejective Plosive
| p’ || t’ || č’ || k’ ||
|-
! Voiceless Fricative
| f || s || || || h
|-
! Voiced Fricative
| || z || || ||
|-
! Approximant
| || l || j || w ||
|-
! Rhotic
| || r || || ||
|}
 
gemination
gemination


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five vowels, all w/w/o length
five vowels, all w/w/o length
=== Temporary Abugida ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Consonant !! /a/ !! /e/ !! /i/ !! /o/ !! /u/
|-
| b || በ || ቤ || ቢ || ቦ || ቡ
|-
| d || ደ || ዴ || ዲ || ዶ || ዱ
|-
| g || ገ || ጌ || ጊ || ጎ || ጉ
|-
| h || ሀ || ሄ || ሂ || ሆ || ሁ
|-
| k || ከ || ኬ || ኪ || ኮ || ኩ
|-
| l || ለ || ሌ || ሊ || ሎ || ሉ
|-
| m || መ || መ || ሚ || ሞ || ሙ
|-
| n || ነ || ኔ || ኒ || ኖ || ኑ
|-
| p || ፐ || ፔ || ፒ || ፖ || ፑ
|-
| r || ረ || ሬ || ሪ || ሮ || ሩ
|-
| s || ሰ || ሴ || ሲ || ሶ || ሱ
|-
| t || ተ || ቴ || ቲ || ቶ || ቱ
|-
| w || ወ || ዌ || ዊ || ዎ || ው
|-
| z || ዘ || ዜ || ዚ || ዞ || ዙ
|-
| č || ቸ || ቼ || ቺ || ቾ || ቹ
|-
| ǧ || ጀ || ጄ || ጂ || ጆ || ጁ
|-
| p' || ጰ || ጴ || ጲ || ጶ || ጱ
|-
| t' || ጠ || ጤ || ጢ || ጦ || ጡ
|-
| k' || ቀ || ቄ || ቂ || ቆ || ቁ
|-
| č' || ጨ || ጬ || ጪ || ጮ || ጩ
|-
| ' || አ || ኤ || ኢ || ኦ || ኡ
|}


== Morphosyntax ==
== Morphosyntax ==
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[[File:North African Language map.jpg]]
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[[Category:Universal Languages]]
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