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	Ongota has features of both Afrasiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages that confuse its classification. Fleming (2006) considers it to be an independent branch of Afrasiatic. Savà and Tosco (2003) believe it to be an East Cushitic language with a Nilo-Saharan substratum—that is, that Ongota speakers shifted to East Cushitic from an earlier Nilo-Saharan language, traces of which still remain.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=602335 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>		Ongota has features of both Afrasiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages that confuse its classification. Fleming (2006) considers it to be an independent branch of Afrasiatic. Savà and Tosco (2003) believe it to be an East Cushitic language with a Nilo-Saharan substratum—that is, that Ongota speakers shifted to East Cushitic from an earlier Nilo-Saharan language, traces of which still remain.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=602335 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
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Also Known As: 'Ongota,Birelle,Shanqilla,Ifa'ongota Description:
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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> 'Ongota,Birelle,Shanqilla,Ifa'ongota

<b>Description:</b>

Ongota (also known as Birale [ISO 639-3], Birayle) is a moribund language of southwest Ethiopia. In 2008, it was said to be in a state of decline with only 6 elderly native speakers, the rest of their small village on the west bank of the Weito River having adopted the Tsamai language instead. The grammar follows a Subject Object Verb word order. It is probably Afro-Asiatic, but has not been definitively classified. As of 2004, it is being studied by Aklilu Yilma of Addis Ababa University.
Ongota has features of both Afrasiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages that confuse its classification. Fleming (2006) considers it to be an independent branch of Afrasiatic. Savà and Tosco (2003) believe it to be an East Cushitic language with a Nilo-Saharan substratum—that is, that Ongota speakers shifted to East Cushitic from an earlier Nilo-Saharan language, traces of which still remain.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=602335 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/ethiopia Ethiopia]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/africa Africa]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>bxe</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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  [[Afro-Asiatic Group]]

    [[Unclassified Afro-Asiatic Group]]

      <b>[[Birale Language]]</b>

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