Maale language
Appearance
(Redirected from ISO 639:mdy)
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] It is used for social, religious and local administrative purposes since most of its speakers are monolingual. There are plans to use the language as a medium of education as well.[3]
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.
- ^ Azeb, Amha (2001). The Maale Language. CNWS PUBLICATIONS. p. 3. ISBN 90-5789-056-9.
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