Maale | |
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Male | |
Native to | Ethiopia |
Region | South Omo, southeast of Jinka |
Native speakers | 105,000 (2010 census)[1] |
Ethiopic | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mdy |
Glottolog | male1284 |
ELP | Malé |
Maale (also spelled Male) is an Omotic language spoken in the Omo Region of Ethiopia. The Maale people are vigorously maintaining their language despite exposure to outside pressures and languages.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ http://www.galataministries.org Ethiopia 2007 Census Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Aswegen, Kobus van. 2008. The maintenance of Maale in Ethiopia. Language Matters : Studies in the Languages of Africa 39(1): 29-48.
References
[edit]- Van Aswegen, Jacobus. 2008. Language Maintenance and Shift in Ethiopia: The Case of Maale. MA thesis, University of South Africa.
External links
[edit]- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Maale