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| Karo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | South Omo Region |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2007 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kxh |
| Glottolog | karo1297 |
| ELP | Karo (Ethiopia) |
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Karo[2] (also Cherre, Kere, Kerre, Kara) is a South Omotic[3] language spoken in the Debub (South) Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia. Karo is described as being closely related to its neighbor, Hamer-Banna, with a lexical similarity of 81%,[1] and is considered a dialect of Hamer by Blench (2006),[4] but as a separate language belonging to the Hamer-Karo subfamily in Glottolog. The Karo people, who live close to the lower Omo River, use colorful bodywork, complex headdresses and body scars to express beauty and importance within the community. 2,400 speakers[citation needed] are using the Karo language.
- ^ a b Karo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Karo Swadesh List". search.language-archives.org.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Early morning for Karo tribe on Omo river - Ethiopia". 29 October 2008.
- ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine