Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, and Kenya) Saho-Afar Afar language (also in Eritrea and in Djibouti) Saho language (also in Eritrea and in Ethiopia spoken by the Irob people) Southern Lowland East Cushitic Mainstream Lowland East Cushitic Omo-Tana Arbore language Baiso language Daasanach language (also in Kenya) Oromoid Konso language Dirasha language Oromo language (also in Kenya) Transversal Lowland East Cushitic Bussa language Gawwada language Tsamai language Omotic* (AA classification uncertain) Aari language Anfillo language Bambassi language Basketo language Bench language Boro language, also called Shinasha Chara language Dawro language Dime language Dizi language Dorze language Gamo language Ganza language Gayil language Gofa language Hamer-Banna Hozo language Kachama-Ganjule language Kafa language Karo language Koorete language Male language Melo language Nayi language Oyda language Seze language Shekkacho language Sheko language Wolaytta language Yemsa language Zayse-Zergulla language Nilo-Saharan In Ethiopia, the term "Nilotic" is often used to refer to Nilo-Saharan languages and their communities. However, in academic linguistics, "Nilotic" is only part of "Nilo-Saharan", a segment of the larger Nilo-Saharan family. Nilo-Saharan Anuak language (also in South Sudan) Berta language Gumuz language Kacipo-Balesi language (also in South Sudan) Komo language Kunama language (also in Eritrea) Kwama language Kwegu language Majang language Me'en language Murle language (also in South Sudan) Mursi language Nuer language (also in South Sudan) Nyangatom language Opuuo language Shabo language Suri language Uduk language (also in Sudan) Unclassified Weyto language (extinct — could have been Cushitic or Semitic) Ongota (moribund — possibly Omotic or an independent branch of Afroasiatic or not Afroasiatic at all) Rer Bare language (extinct — maybe Bantu) Endangered languages A number of Ethiopian languages are endangered: they may not be spoken in one or two generations and may become extinct, victims of language death, as Weyto, Gafat, and Mesmes have and Ongota very soon will. The factors that contribute to language death are complex, so it is not easy to estimate which or how many languages are most vulnerable. Hudson wrote, "Assuming that a language with fewer than 10,000 speakers is endangered, or likely to become extinct within a generation", there are 22 endangered languages in Ethiopia (1999:96). However, a number of Ethiopian languages never have had populations even that high, so it is not clear that this is an appropriate way to calculate the number of endangered languages in Ethiopia. The real number may be lower or higher. The new language policies after the 1991 revolution