The Dima language (Doqo Dimā) is an extinct language formerly spoken in Ethiopia by the Dima people, who lived to the east of the Omo River north of Lake Turkana, as described by Vittorio Bottego in an expedition to Ethiopia in 1897. It is known by only a few numerals, which do not obviously resemble another language.
Vocabulary Only the Dima numerals 1–10 are recorded.Carlo Conti Rossini, 1927. Sui Linguaggi Parlati a Nord dei Laghi Rodolfo e Stefania. In Boas, Dempwolff, Panconcelli-Calzia, Werner & Westermann (eds.), Festschrift Meinhof, 247–255. L. Friederichsen, Hamburg.
ekkā ekkinā dāsā dꬰndāsā osā osꬰkꬰr fāṣā orongo kēriri kēpēs
6 appears to be composed of 5 +1 .
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