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]

Maale
Male
Native toEthiopia
RegionSouth Omo, southeast of Jinka
Native speakers
105,000 (2010 census)[1]
Ethiopic
Language codes
ISO 639-3mdy
Glottologmale1284
ELPMalé

Notes

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  1. ^ http://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.

References

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  • Van Aswegen, Jacobus. 2008. Language Maintenance and Shift in Ethiopia: The Case of Maale. MA thesis, University of South Africa.
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