| Suri | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Ethiopia, South Sudan |
| Region | Bench Maji Zone |
| Ethnicity | Suri, Tirma |
| Native speakers |
28,000 in Ethiopia[1] 1,000 in South Sudan[2] (date missing) |
| Language family |
Nilo-Saharan?
|
| Writing system | Ethiopic |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | suq |
Suri (also Churi, Dhuri, Shuri, Shuro, Surma) is a Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Bench Maji Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR) in Ethiopia, to the South Sudan border, and across the border in South Sudan by the Suri. The language has over 80% lexical similarity to Mursi.[3]