Maale language

Maale
Maale
Male
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	South Omo, Ethiopia
Ethnicity	Maale
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 It is used for social, religious and local administrative purposes since most of its speakers are monolingual. There are plans to use the language as a medium of education as well.³

References

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.
Azeb, Amha (2001). The Maale Language. CNWS PUBLICATIONS. p. 3. ISBN 90-5789-056-9.

External links

Maale at the World Atlas of Language Structures

[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.

[3] Azeb, Amha (2001). The Maale Language. CNWS PUBLICATIONS. p. 3. ISBN 90-5789-056-9.

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