Hamer language

Hamer-Banna
Native toEthiopia
RegionSouth Omo Region
EthnicityHamar, Banna, Karo speakers
Native speakers
74,000 (2007 census)[1]
Dialects
Geʽez
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3amf
Glottologhame1242
ELPHamer-Bana-Kara

Hamer or Hamer-Banna (Hamer: hámar aapó) is a language within the South Omotic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. It is spoken primarily in southern Ethiopia by the Hamar people, Banna people, and by speakers of Karo.

Pidgin Hamer
Native toEthiopia
Native speakers
None
Hamer-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologpidg1260

There is a pidginized variety in local use.[2]

  1. ^ Hamer-Banna at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Sara Petrollino (2016) Language variation and patterns of language use. In A Grammar of Hamar, a South Omotic language of Ethiopia, 2–4. Köln: Köppe.