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Mursi

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: muz

Population	3,280 (1994 census). 3,155 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 3,258 (1994 census).
Region	Central Omo region, lowlands southwest of Jinka.
Language map	Southwestern Ethiopia, reference number 58
Alternate names	Dama, Merdu, Meritu, Murzi, Murzu
Dialects	Similar to Tirmi dialect of Suri [suq] in Sudan.
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Surmic, South, Southeast, Pastoral, Suri
Language use	34 L2 speakers.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 1%.
Writing system	Ethiopic script.
Comments	SVO; postpositions; case suffixes; verb affixes show subject, person, and number; question words final; tonal. Pastoralists. Traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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."  

DIMMENDAAL, Gerrit, author. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report on Tirma, Chai, Baale and Mursi."  

Vernacular Publications

Dadawa kotoriya mapanye, mapa 1. 2003.