southwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan
Linguistic classification
Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic?
Kir–Abbaian?
Surmic
Glottolog
surm1244
The Surmic languages are a branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family.
Today, the various peoples who speak Surmic languages make their living in a variety of ways, including nomadic herders, settled farmers, and slash and burn farmers. They live in a variety of terrain, from the lowlands of South Sudan and the banks of the Omo River to mountains over 2,300 meters.
The Surmiclanguages are a branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family. Today, the various peoples who speak Surmiclanguages make their living in a...
even a Surmic–Nilotic relationship. There are several different classifications of East Sudanic languages. Lionel Bender assigns the languages into two...
SurmicLanguages and Greenberg's Universals", Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 7:71–90. Payne, Thomas (2006). Exploring language structure :...
The Majang language is spoken by the Majangir people of Ethiopia. Although it is a member of the Surmiclanguage cluster, it is the most isolated one...
Mursi is classified as belonging to the Southeast Surmiclanguages, to which the following other languages also belong: Suri, Me'en and Kwegu. As such, Mursi...
"he" have been compared to Surmiclanguages; however, there are also resemblances in the pronouns with the Gumuz languages (Bender 1983). The gender distinctions...
Suri (Churi, Dhuri, Shuri, Shuro), is a Surmiclanguage spoken in the West Omo Zone of the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region in Ethiopia, to the South...
although Baale is genetically a Southwest Surmiclanguage, it has taken on many features of Southeast Surmiclanguages due to heavy contact. Baleesi can be...
the southwest branch Surmiclanguages (Fleming 1983). Its nearest relative is Laaarim. The New Testament in the Didinga language was dedicated in March...
The Murle are a Surmic ethnic group inhabiting the Pibor County and Boma area in Greater Pibor Administrative Area, South Sudan, as well as parts of southwestern...
Majangir, live in southwestern Ethiopia and speak a Nilo-Saharan language of the Surmic cluster. The 1998 census gave the total of the Majangir population...
Menja, Nidi) is a Surmiclanguage spoken in the Southwest of Ethiopia, on the west bank of the Omo River. "Endangered Languages Project – Kwegu". Retrieved...
by other "Omotic" language groups. The Proto-Aroid vowel system is also more similar to those of the Surmic and Nilotic languages (Yigezu 2006, 2013)...
The Mursi (or Mun as they refer to themselves) are a Surmic ethnic group in Ethiopia. They principally reside in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations...
Tennet is a Surmiclanguage spoken by the Tennet people in South Sudan. The Tennet home area is a group of fifteen (15) villages at the northern part...
language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...
economically but speak different languages. They all speak South East Surmiclanguages within the Nilo-Saharan language family, which includes the Mun,...
1997. "Interrogatives in SurmicLanguages and Greenberg's Universals," Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 7:71–90. Nairobi: Summer Institute...
Laarim (Larim, Longarim) or Narim is a Surmiclanguage spoken by the Laarim people of the Laarim Hills of South Sudan. According to Ethnologue, Laarim...
and Madi. Other than Arabic or (Arabi Juba) and English, the following languages are spoken in Equatoria according to Ethnologue. Due to the many years...
Ethiopia Khoe-Kwadi, around 10 languages, the primary family of Khoisan languages of Namibia and Botswana Surmic, some 11 languages, previously classified within...
The Mekan or Me'en are a Surmic ethnic minority group inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia. The 1998 census lists them as consisting of 56,585 individuals...
languages (Arabic: لُغَات نُوبِيّة, romanized: lughāt nūbiyyah) are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians. In the past, Nubian languages...
The Fur or For languages constitute a small, closely related family, which is a proposed member of the Nilo-Saharan family. Its members are: Fur in western...
central part of Eastern Equatoria. They speak the Didinga language (part of the Surmiclanguage family) also spoken by a groups living in southwest Ethiopia...
Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages, along with the Eastern Nilotic languages and Southern Nilotic languages; Themselves...
Yammine I.M. Meen, a DOS game made by Animation Magic The Me'en language, a Surmiclanguage of Ethiopia The Me'en people, a Surma people of southwestern...
They speak Kichepo, a dialect of Kacipo-Balesi, which is part of the Surmiclanguage family. The population of this group is above 10,000.[citation needed]...