question: What Afro-Asiatic group is the name Merga a part of?
answer: Ethiosemitic group
context: Title: Harari language
  Passage: Harari is the language of the Harari people of Ethiopia.  It is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Semitic branch and is a member of the Ethiosemitic group.  According to the 2007 Ethiopian census, it is spoken by 25,810 people.  Most of its speakers are multilingual in Amharic and/or Eastern Oromo.  Harari is closely related to the Eastern Gurage languages, Zay, and Silt'e, all of whom are linked to the now extinct Semitic Harla language.  Locals or natives of Harar refer to it as "Gēy Ritma" or "Gēy Sinan" "language of the City" ("Gēy" is the word for how Harari speakers refer to Harar, whose name is an exonym).
  Title: Somali languages
  Passage: The Somali languages form a group that are part of the Afro-Asiatic language family.  They are spoken as a mother tongue by ethnic Somalis in Horn of Africa and the Somali diaspora.  Even with linguistic differences, Somalis collectively view themselves as speaking a common language.
  Title: Merga
  Passage: Merga (Amharic: መርጋ) is a male name of Ethiopian origin
  Title: Afar people
  Passage: The Afar (Afar: "Qafár" ), also known as the Danakil, Adali and Odali, are an ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa.  They primarily live in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in northern Djibouti, although some also inhabit the southern point of Eritrea.  Afars speak the Afar language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.
  Title: Leeward Islands (Society Islands)
  Passage: The Leeward Islands (French: "Îles Sous-le-vent" ; Tahitian: "Fenua Raro Mata’i" , literally "Islands Under-the-Wind") are the western part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the South Pacific.  They lie south of the Line Islands (part of Kiribati), east of the Cooks and north of the Austral Islands (also part of French Polynesia).  Their area is 395 km² with a population of over 33,000.  The islands to the west comprise a three atoll group: Manuae (also known as Scilly Atoll), Motu One atoll (also known as Bellinghausen), lying most northerly of the Leeward Islands, and to the southeast Maupihaa atoll (also known as Mopelia).  More to the east lies a mainly high island cluster consisting of Maupiti (Tahitian name: Maurua), Tupai atoll, Bora Bora (Tahitian name: Vava'u), the most known of the Leeward Islands in the western world due to its World War II United States naval base and subsequent tourism industry, Tahaa (Tahitian name: Uporu), lying just north of the largest island of the group, Raiatea (Tahitian names: Hava'i, Ioretea) which possesses the largest city and local capital of the Leeward Islands, namely Uturoa, as well as the highest elevation, the just over 1,000 m mount Tefatua, and finally the easternmost island of the group, Huahine (Tahitian name: Mata'irea) which at high tide is divided into two: Huahine Nui ("big Huahine") to the north and Huahine Iti ("small Huahine") to the south.
  Title: Lasörling Group
  Passage: The Lasörling Group (German: "Lasörlinggruppe" ) is a subgroup of the Central Alps within the Eastern Alps.  The boundaries of this mountain range in East Tyrol are principally delineated by the valleys of the Virgental in the north and the Defereggental in the south.  According to the agreement by the Alpine clubs in 1984 the Lasörling Group is part of the Venediger Group, forming its southeastern part.  In older classifications of the Eastern Alps, the Lasörling Group was counted as part of the Defereggen Mountains (Villgraten Mountains).  The highest summit of the Lasörling Group is the Lasörling ( m (AA) ) which gives the range its name.  Sometimes the neighbouring Panargenkamm is also seen as part of the Lasörling group.  Its highest mountain is the Keeseck ( m (AA) ).
  Title: Burunge language
  Passage: Burunge is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Tanzania in the Dodoma Region, by the Burunge people, a small "group" of about 13,000 native speakers that live in the Northeastern region of Tanzania.  The Burunge belong to a cluster of Tanzanian groups known as Southern Cushites, which also categorizes Burunge as part of the South Cushitic language family.  The Burunge live in close proximity to other languages such as the Rangi, Gogo and Sandawe, and ultimately, their language and culture is endangered by dwindling number of speakers and absorption by larger tribes.
  Title: Veteran Isles
  Passage: Veteran Isles (French: "Ile du Veteran" ; also known as the Veteran Islands) is a pair of islands in the Australian state of South Australia which is part of the Pearson Isles which itself is part of the larger island group known as the Investigator Group.  It is located about 69 km west south-west of Cape Finniss on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula.  It was discovered as part of the Pearson Isles by Matthew Flinders on 13 February 1802.  The island was given its name in August 1969 in order to preserve a name used within the locality by the Baudin expedition.  The island has enjoyed protected area status since at least 1972 and since 2011, it been part of the Investigator Group Wilderness Protection Area.
  Title: Amharic
  Passage: Amharic ( or ; Amharic: አማርኛ , "Amarəñña ", ] ) is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Semitic branch and is a member of the Ethiosemitic group.  It is spoken as a mother tongue by the Amhara and other populations residing in major cities and towns of Ethiopia.  The language serves as the official working language of Ethiopia, and is also the official or working language of several of the states within the federal system.  Amharic is the second-most widely spoken Semitic language in the world after Arabic.
  Title: Welayta people
  Passage: Wolayta (also spelled "Wolaitta") (Ethiopic: ወላይታ "Wolaytta") is the name of an ethnic group and its former kingdom, located in southern Ethiopia.  According to the most recent census (2007), the people of Wolayta number 1.7 million, or 2.31 percent of the country's population, of whom 289,707 are city-dwellers.  The language of the Wolayta people, similarly called Wolaytta, belongs to the Omotic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.  Despite their small population, Wolayta people have widely influenced national music, dance and cuisine in Ethiopia.
citations: Merga Amharic