Western Omo–Tana languages

The (Western) Omo–Tana or Arboroid languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya.

Western Omo–Tana
Omo–Tana Arboroid
Geographic distribution	Ethiopia, Kenya
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Omo–Tana? Western Omo–Tana
Subdivisions	Arbore Daasanach El Molo Yaaku
Language codes
Glottolog	west2723

The languages are:

• Arbore
• Daasanach
• El Molo
• Yaaku

The first three have long been recognized as related; Bender (2020) adds Yaaku, whose classification had been obscure.^[1] The El Molo language of Kenya is nearly extinct.^[2]