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Omotik

Omotik

MoribundNilo-Saharan, Southern NiloticKenyaAbout 50 older adults recorded in 19800 documented words

Omotik is a Southern Nilotic language of a former hunter-gatherer community living among Maasai pastoralists in the Kenyan Rift Valley. Nearly all Omotik people now speak Maa.

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Omotik — English word list

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History and language shift

The Omotik, also known as Sawas or Laamoot, were absorbed into Maasai society in a pattern closely parallel to the Yaaku.

Revitalization

No organised revitalization programme is documented. Recorded material is limited to academic word lists.