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Surmic
Geographic
distribution
southwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
  • Eastern Sudanic?
    • Kir–Abbaian?
      • Surmic
Glottologsurm1244

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.

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Surmic languages

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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...

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Eastern Sudanic languages

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even a Surmic–Nilotic relationship. There are several different classifications of East Sudanic languages. Lionel Bender assigns the languages into two...

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Murle language

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Surmic Languages and Greenberg's Universals", Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 7:71–90. Payne, Thomas (2006). Exploring language structure :...

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Majang language

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The Majang language is spoken by the Majangir people of Ethiopia. Although it is a member of the Surmic language cluster, it is the most isolated one...

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Mursi language

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Mursi is classified as belonging to the Southeast Surmic languages, to which the following other languages also belong: Suri, Me'en and Kwegu. As such, Mursi...

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Shabo language

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"he" have been compared to Surmic languages; however, there are also resemblances in the pronouns with the Gumuz languages (Bender 1983). The gender distinctions...

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Suri language

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Suri (Churi, Dhuri, Shuri, Shuro), is a Surmic language spoken in the West Omo Zone of the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region in Ethiopia, to the South...

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Baale language

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although Baale is genetically a Southwest Surmic language, it has taken on many features of Southeast Surmic languages due to heavy contact. Baleesi can be...

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Didinga language

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the southwest branch Surmic languages (Fleming 1983). Its nearest relative is Laaarim. The New Testament in the Didinga language was dedicated in March...

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Murle people

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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...

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Majang people

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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...

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Kwegu language

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Menja, Nidi) is a Surmic language spoken in the Southwest of Ethiopia, on the west bank of the Omo River. "Endangered Languages Project – Kwegu". Retrieved...

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Aroid languages

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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)...

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Mursi people

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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...

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Tennet language

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Tennet is a Surmic language spoken by the Tennet people in South Sudan. The Tennet home area is a group of fifteen (15) villages at the northern part...

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List of language families

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language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...

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Surma people

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economically but speak different languages. They all speak South East Surmic languages within the Nilo-Saharan language family, which includes the Mun,...

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Tennet people

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1997. "Interrogatives in Surmic Languages and Greenberg's Universals," Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 7:71–90. Nairobi: Summer Institute...

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Laarim language

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Laarim (Larim, Longarim) or Narim is a Surmic language spoken by the Laarim people of the Laarim Hills of South Sudan. According to Ethnologue, Laarim...

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Equatoria

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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...

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Languages of Africa

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Ethiopia Khoe-Kwadi, around 10 languages, the primary family of Khoisan languages of Namibia and Botswana Surmic, some 11 languages, previously classified within...

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Mekan people

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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...

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Nubian languages

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languages (Arabic: لُغَات نُوبِيّة, romanized: lughāt nūbiyyah) are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians. In the past, Nubian languages...

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Fur languages

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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...

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Demographics of South Sudan

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central part of Eastern Equatoria. They speak the Didinga language (part of the Surmic language family) also spoken by a groups living in southwest Ethiopia...

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Western Nilotic languages

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Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages, along with the Eastern Nilotic languages and Southern Nilotic languages; Themselves...

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Meen

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Yammine I.M. Meen, a DOS game made by Animation Magic The Me'en language, a Surmic language of Ethiopia The Me'en people, a Surma people of southwestern...

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Kichepo people

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They speak Kichepo, a dialect of Kacipo-Balesi, which is part of the Surmic language family. The population of this group is above 10,000.[citation needed]...

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