Maale language

Maale
Maale
Male
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	South Omo, southeast of Jinka
Native speakers	105,000 (2010 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Ometo Maale; ; ; ;
Writing system	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

^ 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

Van Aswegen, Jacobus. 2008. Language Maintenance and Shift in Ethiopia: The Case of Maale. MA thesis, University of South Africa.

External links

World Atlas of Language Structures information on Maale

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[1] ttp://www.galataministries.org Ethiopia 2007 Census Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Aswegen, Kobus van. 2008. The maintenance of Maale in Ethiopia. Language Matters : Studies in the Languages of Africa 39(1): 29-48.