Surmic language spoken by Mursi people in southwestern Ethiopia
Mursi
ሙነን (munɛn)
Native to
Ethiopia
Region
Central Omo
Ethnicity
Mursi
Native speakers
7,400 (2007 census)[1][2]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic
Southern Eastern
Surmic
South
Southeast
Pastoral
Mursi
Writing system
Geʽez
Language codes
ISO 639-3
muz
Glottolog
murs1242
ELP
Mursi
Mursi (also Dama, Merdu, Meritu, Murzi, Murzu) is a Southeast Surmic language spoken by the Mursi people who live in the South Omo Zone on the eastern side of the lower Omo valley in southwest Ethiopia.[3] The language is similar to Suri, another Southeast Surmic language spoken to the west of the Mursi language area.[4] It is spoken by approximately 7,400 people.[1]
^ ab"Ethiopian Census 2007". csa.gov.et. Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Central Statistics Agency. 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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