Maale language
Maale (also spelled Male) is an Omotic language spoken in the Omo Region of Ethiopia. The Maale people are maintaining their language vigorously, despite exposure to outside pressures and languages.[3]
| Maale | |
|---|---|
| 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[2] |
Notes
- www.galataministries.org Ethiopia 2007 Census Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Male (Ethiopia)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Aswegen, Kobus van. 2008. The maintenance of Maale in Ethiopia. Language Matters : Studies in the Languages of Africa 39(1): 29-48.
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References
- Van Aswegen, Jacobus. 2008. Language Maintenance and Shift in Ethiopia: The Case of Maale. MA thesis, University of South Africa.
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