The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: BXE
ISO 639-2: afa
| Population | 20 speakers out of an ethnic group of 70 (1990 SIL). |
| Region | One village on the west bank of the Weyt'o River, southeast Omo Region. |
| Alternate names | 'ONGOTA, BIRELLE, IFA'ONGOTA, 'SHANQILLA' |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Unclassified. |
| Comments | Members of the ethnic group who do not speak Birale conduct their affairs in Tsamai. All speakers are old. Not supportive to language maintenance. SOV; postpositions; genitives follow noun heads; suffixes indicate noun case; verb affixes mark subject person, number, and gender; passive; causative. Agriculturalists, hunters. Nearly extinct. |
