Maale language

Maale
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	Omo region, southeast of Jinka
Native speakers	95,000 (2007 census)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Ometo Maale
Writing system	Ethiopic
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mdy`
Glottolog	`male1284`^[2]

Maale (also spelled Male), is an Omotic language spoken in the Omo Region of Ethiopia by the Male people.^[3] It is called Male (Ethiopia) in ISO 639-3 to distinguish it from Male (Papua New Guinea).

Notes

↑ Ethiopia 2007 Census
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Male (Ethiopia)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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

Languages of Ethiopia

Official language

Amharic

Regional languages

Semitic	Argobba Ge'ez Gurage Harari Inor Mesqan Muher Sebat Bet Gurage Silt'e Soddo Tigrinya Zay

Cushitic	Afar Alaba Arbore Awngi Baiso Bussa Burji Daasanach Dirasha Gawwada Gedeo Hadiyya Kambaata Konso Libido Oromo Qimant Saho Sidamo Somali Tsamai Xamtanga

Omotic	Aari Anfillo Bambassi Basketo Bench Boro Chara Dime Dizi Dorze Gamo-Gofa-Dawro Ganza Gayil Hamer-Banna Hozo Kachama-Ganjule Kafa Karo Koorete Maale Melo Nayi Oyda Seze Shekkacho Sheko Wolaytta Yemsa Zayse-Zergulla

Nilo-Saharan	Anuak Berta Daats'iin Gumuz Kacipo-Balesi Komo Kwama Kwegu Majang Me'en Murle Mursi Nuer Nyangatom Opuuo Shabo Suri Uduk

Central	Dorze Gamo-Gofa-Dawro Melo Oyda Wolaytta

East	Kachama-Ganjule Koorete Zayse-Zergulla

Other	Basketo Maale

Other

Bench
Chara
Yemsa

Italics indicate extinct languages

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