Male language (Ethiopia)
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| Male (Ethiopia) | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia |
| Region | Omo region, southeast of Jinka |
| Native speakers | 94,700 (2007 census)[1] |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Writing system | Ethiopic |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mdy |
Male (also spelled Maale), 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
- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ^ 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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