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. 2014 Jun 12;10(6):e1004393. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004393

Table 2. Estimated mean proportion of ancestry (greater than 5%) in Horn of Africa populations.1 .

Nilo-Saharan speaking Cushitic speaking Semitic speaking Omotic speaking
Anuak Gumuz Afar Oromo Ethiopian Somali Somali Amhara Tygray Wolayta Ari Cultivator Ari Blacksmith
Niger-Congo 0.11
Nilo-Saharan 0.75 0.59 0.20 0.19 0.22 0.23 0.16 0.17 0.15 0.10
Ethiopic 0.07 0.35 0.08 0.21 0.08 0.06 0.16 0.12 0.35 0.63 0.94
Ethio-Somali 0.43 0.32 0.53 0.57 0.35 0.35 0.27 0.17
Arabian 0.12 0.12 0.16 0.16 0.08
Eurasian 0.07 0.08
1

None of the Horn of Africa populations have 5% or greater ancestry from Khoesan, Pygmy, Maghrebi, European, South Asian, or East Asian ancestral populations, so these ancestries are not shown in the table.