Aramado
Aari
Afro-Asiatic
Aari (Aramado) is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic family, spoken by around 150,000 people in the South Omo Zone of southern Ethiopia, primarily in the Aari woreda. The Aari are one of the larger Omotic-speaking groups of Ethiopia's Cushitic-Omotic-rich southern lowlands. Linguistically, Aari is part of the Aroid sub-branch of Omotic alongside Hamer-Banna and Dime — Omotic itself is the most divergent branch of Afro-Asiatic, with significant debate among Africanists about whether Omotic should even be classified within Afro-Asiatic at all (Bender, Theil, and others propose Omotic as a separate language family). Aari preserves typically Omotic features including SOV word order, ejective consonants, and elaborate verb morphology with unusual person-marking patterns.
Where it is spoken
87 core words in Aari
Sources
Words compared
Compared with languages in the same classification: Afro-Asiatic
| Meaning | Aari | Yangkaal | Umbrian | Phrygian | Etruscan | Messapic | Damin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | noqa /noˈkʼa/ | nguku /ŋuku/ | utur /ˈutur/ | bedu /ˈbedu/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | n!2u /ŋ͡ǃŋ͡ǃu/ |
| Fire | noha /noˈha/ | ngida /ŋida/ | pir /pir/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Sun | háy /haj/ | warrku /waɾku/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | usil /ˈuzil/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Moon | arfi /arfi/ | waldarra /waldaɾa/ | — /—/ | masê /maˈseː/ | tiur /ˈtiur/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Star | manka /ˈmanka/ | miburlda thungalda /mibuɭda t̪uŋalda/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Night | tumi /tʼumi/ | ngimi /ŋimi/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Rain | doobi /doːbi/ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stone | seeni /seːni/ | — | — | — | — | — | kuujpu /kuːt̠ʲpu/ |
| Mother | inde /inde/ | ngamathu /ŋamat̪u/ | matrer /ˈmatrer/ | mater /ˈmater/ | ati /ˈati/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Father | baba /baba/ | kanthathu /kant̪at̪u/ | patre /ˈpatre/ | atas /aˈtas/ | apa /ˈapa/ | ana /ˈana/ | — /—/ |
| I | ita /ʔiˈta/ | ngada /ŋada/ | — /—/ | az /az/ | mi /mi/ | — /—/ | n!aa /ŋ͡ǃaː/ |
| You | ahna /ahˈna/ | nyingka /ɲiŋka/ | tu /tuː/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | n!uu /ŋ͡ǃuː/ |
| We | wota /woˈta/ | ngakulda / ngalda /ŋakulda / ŋalda/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | n!aa /ŋ͡ǃaː/ |
| Name | naami /naːˈmi/ | nida /nida/ | nome /ˈnome/ | onoman /ˈonoman/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Person | ed /ʔed/ | — | — | — | — | — | ngaajpu /ŋaːt̠ʲpu/ |
| Head | mata /maˈta/ | — | — | — | — | — | nguu /ŋuː/ |
| Eye | aafi /aːfi/ | miburlda /mibuɭda/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | k'uu /kʼuː/ |
| Nose | nuki /ˈnuki/ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mouth | afa /ʔaˈfa/ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tooth | achʼi /atsʼi/ | damanda /damanda/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Tongue | adim /adim/ | jalngantha /ɟalŋant̪a/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Hand | aani /ʔaːni/ | — /—/ | manuv-e /maˈnuwe/ | zeira /ˈzeːra/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Foot | duuti /duːti/ | — | persi /ˈpersi/ | petes /ˈpetes/ | — | — | nguuwii /ŋuːwiː/ |
| Heart | buudi /ˈbuːdi/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Bone | lefi /lefi/ | julda /ɟulda/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Blood | — /—/ | kandu /kandu/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Poop | tooni /ˈtoːni/ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Love | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Tree | ahqe /ahːˈqe/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | wiijpu /wiːt̠ʲpu/ |
| Dog | aksi /ˈʔaksi/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | kan /kan/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | nh!2u /ŋ͡ǀŋ͡ǀu/ |
| Cat | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Fish | toila /toila/ | yakuri /jakuɾi/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | l*i /ɬʔi/ |
| Bird | afti /afti/ | — | auif /ˈawif/ | — | — | — | — |
| Egg | muqa /muˈkʼa/ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| House | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Salt | sooq /soːkʼ/ | — | salu /ˈsalu/ | — | — | — | — |
| Eat | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Drink | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| One | wollaq /ˈwolːakʼ/ | — /—/ | unu /ˈunu/ | — /—/ | thu /θu/ | — /—/ | thuuku /t̻uːku/ |
| Two | qasken /kʼasˈken/ | kiyarrngka /kijaɾŋka/ | dur /dur/ | — /—/ | zal /tsal/ | — /—/ | kurrijpi /kuɾit̠ʲpi/ |
| Three | makken /makːen/ | — /—/ | trif /trif/ | — /—/ | ci /ki/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Four | oydi /ojdi/ | — | — | — | huth /huθ/ | — | — |
| Five | donq /donkʼ/ | — | — | — | mach /max/ | — | — |
| Hundred | mato /mato/ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hello | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Thank you | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| Good | laqami /lakʼaˈmi/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
| New | killa /kilːˈa/ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Red | zeymi /zejˈmi/ | kandukandu /kandukandu/ | rofa /ˈrofa/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ | — /—/ |
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