Mursi language
| Mursi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Central Omo |
| Ethnicity | Mursi |
Native speakers | 7,400 (2007 census)[1] |
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Nilo-Saharan?
| |
| Ethiopic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
muz |
| Glottolog |
murs1242[2] |
Mursi (also Dama, Merdu, Meritu, Murzi, Murzu) is a Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Mursi people, in the central Omo region of southwest Ethiopia. It is similar to Suri, spoken in most of the immediately surrounding area.
Notes
- ↑ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mursi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Bibliography
- Bender, M. Lionel and David Turton. 1976. "Mursi". The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. East Lansing: African Studies Center, Michigan State University. pp. 533–561.
- D. Turton, M. Yigezu and O. Olibui. 2008. Mursi-English-Amharic Dictionary. Addis Ababa: Culture and Arts Society of Ethiopia.
External links
- Mursi basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Mursi
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