Editing Afroasiatic languages (section)

===Omotic===
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The c. 30 Omotic languages are still mostly undescribed by linguists.{{sfn|Gragg|2019|p=27}} They are all spoken in southwest Ethiopia except for the [[Ganza language]], spoken in Sudan.{{sfn|Meyer|Wolff|2019|p=261}} Omotic is typically split into North Omotic (or Damotic) and South Omotic (or Aroid), with the latter more influenced by the [[Nilotic languages]]; it is unclear whether the Dizoid group of Omotic languages belongs to the Northern or Southern group.{{sfn|Gragg|2019|p=27}} The two Omotic languages with the most speakers are [[Wolaitta language|Wolaitta]] and [[Gamo-Gofa-Dawro language|Gamo-Gofa-Dawro]], with about 1.2 million speakers each.{{sfn|Appleyard|2012|p=39}}

A majority of specialists consider Omotic to constitute a sixth branch of Afroasiatic.{{sfn|Sands|2009|p=565}} Omotic was formerly considered part of the Cushitic branch;{{sfn|Huehnergard|2004|p=139}} some scholars continue to consider it part of Cushitic.{{sfn|Gragg|2019|p=26}} Other scholars have questioned whether it is Afroasiatic at all, due its lack of several typical aspects of Afroasiatic morphology.{{sfn|Sands|2009|p=565}}