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Melo

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: mfx

Population	20,200 (1994 census). 13,264 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 20,189 (1994 census).
Region	North Omo region, Malo-Koza area, northeast of Basketo [bst].
Language map	Southwestern Ethiopia, reference number 55
Alternate names	Malo
Dialects	Related to Gamo-Gofa-Dawro [gmo]. The Language Academy said it should be considered a separate speech variety. Lexical similarity: 70% with the majority of Ometo language varieties.
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gimojan, Ometo-Gimira, Ometo, Central
Language use	4,657 L2 speakers.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 9.5%.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ABEBE, Alemayehu, author. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report on the Ometo dialect of Ethiopia, part II."  

CAUDWELL, Simon; SIEBERT, Ralph, authors. 1995. "On Melo (Malo) and Mursi."

CAUDWELL, Simon; SIEBERT, Ralph, authors. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report of the Melo (Malo) and Mursi languages of Ethiopia."  

GIRARD, Tim, author. 2002. "Lexico-phonostatistical analysis of Alemayehu Abebe’s Ometo word lists."  

SIEBERT, Ralph; YILMA, Aklilu, authors. 1995. "Survey of Chara, Dime, Melo and Nayi, part 1."

SIEBERT, Ralph; YILMA, Aklilu, authors. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report of the Chara, Dime, Melo and Nayi languages of Ethiopia part 1."