Posted by : Aron сряда, 20 февруари 2013 г.

Maale language



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Maale
Native toEthiopia
RegionOmo region, southeast of Jinka
Native speakers94,700  (2007 census)[1]
Language familyAfro-Asiatic

  • Omotic

    • North

      • Ometo

        • Maale








Writing systemEthiopic
Language codes
ISO 639-3mdy

Maale (also spelled Male), is an Omotic language spoken in the Omo Region of Ethiopia by the Male people.[2] It is called Male (Ethiopia) in ISO 639-3 to distinguish it from Male (Papua New Guinea).

[edit]Notes




  1. ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census

  2. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.



[edit]References



  • Van Aswegen, Jacobus. 2008. Language Maintenance and Shift in Ethiopia: The Case of Maale. MA thesis, University of South Africa.


[edit]External links



  • Ethnologue information on Male

  • World Atlas of Language Structures information on Maale


 







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