1. Omotic - Noun
2. Omotic - Adjective
a group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia; closely related to Cushitic languages
Source: WordNetAccording to Ehret (1996), tonal languages appear in the Omotic and Chadic branches of Afroasiatic, as well as in certain Cushitic languages. Source: Internet
He regards Chadic and Omotic as the branches of Afroasiatic most remote from the others. Source: Internet
He thus divided Afroasiatic into two major branches, Omotic and Erythraean, with Erythraean consisting of three sub-branches, Cushitic, Chadic-Berber-Egyptian-Semitic-Beja, and Ongota. Source: Internet
He divides Omotic into two branches, North Omotic and South Omotic. Source: Internet
He places Ongota in South Omotic. Source: Internet
However, Christopher Ehret (1979), Harold Fleming (1981), and Joseph Greenberg (1981) all agree that the Omotic branch split from the rest first. Source: Internet