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]
| Maale | |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | South Omo, southeast of Jinka |
Native speakers | 105,000 (2010 census)[1] |
| Ethiopic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mdy |
| Glottolog | male1284 |
| ELP | Malé |
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
References
edit- Van Aswegen, Jacobus. 2008. Language Maintenance and Shift in Ethiopia: The Case of Maale. MA thesis, University of South Africa.
External links
edit- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Maale
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