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Daasanach language

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Ethnicity
  
Daasanach

ISO 639-3
  
dsh

Native to
  
Region
  
Lower Omo River, Lake Turkana

Native speakers
  
60,000 (2007 & 2009 censuses)

Language family
  
Afro-AsiaticCushiticLowland EastWestern Omo–TanaDaasanach

Daasanach (also known as Dasenech, Daasanech, Dathanaik, Dathanaic, Dathanik, Dhaasanac, Gheleba, Geleba, Geleb, Gelebinya, Gallab, Galuba, Gelab, Gelubba, Dama, Marille, Merile, Merille, Morille, Reshiat, Russia) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Daasanach in Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya whose homeland is along the Lower Omo River and on the shores of Lake Turkana.

References

Daasanach language Wikipedia


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