Explore Ongota through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ongota in a sentence
Ongota meaning
A moribund language of southwest Ethiopia.
Using Ongota
- The main meaning on this page is: A moribund language of southwest Ethiopia.
Context around Ongota
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ongota
- In this selection, "ongota" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, places and people stand out and add context to how "ongota" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include beja and ongota and he places ongota in south. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ongota" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ongota
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He places Ongota in South Omotic. (6 words)
He thus divided Afroasiatic into two major branches, Omotic and Erythraean, with Erythraean consisting of three sub-branches, Cushitic, Chadic-Berber-Egyptian-Semitic-Beja, and Ongota. (26 words)
In other words, it would appear that the Ongota people once spoke a Nilo-Saharan language but then shifted to speaking a Cushitic language but retained some characteristics of their earlier Nilo-Saharan language. (34 words)
The Afroasiatic identity of Ongota is also broadly questioned, as is its position within Afroasiatic among those who accept it, because of the "mixed" appearance of the language and a paucity of research and data. (35 words)
In other words, it would appear that the Ongota people once spoke a Nilo-Saharan language but then shifted to speaking a Cushitic language but retained some characteristics of their earlier Nilo-Saharan language. (34 words)
He thus divided Afroasiatic into two major branches, Omotic and Erythraean, with Erythraean consisting of three sub-branches, Cushitic, Chadic-Berber-Egyptian-Semitic-Beja, and Ongota. (26 words)
Example sentences (4)
He places Ongota in South Omotic.
He thus divided Afroasiatic into two major branches, Omotic and Erythraean, with Erythraean consisting of three sub-branches, Cushitic, Chadic-Berber-Egyptian-Semitic-Beja, and Ongota.
In other words, it would appear that the Ongota people once spoke a Nilo-Saharan language but then shifted to speaking a Cushitic language but retained some characteristics of their earlier Nilo-Saharan language.
The Afroasiatic identity of Ongota is also broadly questioned, as is its position within Afroasiatic among those who accept it, because of the "mixed" appearance of the language and a paucity of research and data.