Omotik

OMT

moribund

Alternate Names: Laamoot, “Ndorobo” (pej.), Omotic

Dialects: Suiei. Lexical similarity: 60% with Kalenjin ,, 50% with Datooga ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Nilotic
Southern
Tatoga

Demographics: 50 (1980). Ethnic population: 200 (2000).

Language Use: Older adults. Most highly bilingual in Maasai [mas] or other adopted language.

Nation of Origin: Kenya

Other Comments: “Ndorobo” is a pejorative cover term for several small hunter or forest groups, that are not linguistically related (El Molo ,, Yaaku ,, and Okiek ,). Traditional religion.