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Mesqan language

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Mesqan
Native toEthiopia
RegionGurage Zone
Native speakers
200,000 (2007)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
none
Language codes
ISO 639-3mvz
Glottologmesq1240

Mesqan (also Mäsqan or Meskan) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Gurage people in the Gurage Zone of Ethiopia. It belongs to the family's Ethiopian Semitic branch.

References

  1. ^ Mesqan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)