Male

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A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3
mdy
Alternate Names
Maale, Malie
User Population

101,430, all users. L1 users: 94,700 (2007 census). L2 users: 6,730. 40,500 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 97,900 (2007 census).

Location

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: north Omo zone, southeast of Jinka.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gimojan, Ometo-Gimira, Ometo
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 48% with Dorze [doz], 46% with Gofa [gof], 45% with Koorete [kqy], 44% with Gamo [gmv], 43% with Wolaytta [wal] and Dawro [dwr].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Home. Used by all. Also use Amharic [amh].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%. Non-formal literacy classes. Grammar. Bible: 2016.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Male
Writing

Ethiopic script [Ethi].

Other Comments

Different from Malo (see Zayse).