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, language, confused, with, male, language, maale, also, spelled, male, omotic, language, spoken, region, ethiopia, maale, people, vigorously, maintaining, their, language, despite, exposure, outside, pressures, languages, maalemalenative, toethiopiaregio. Not to be confused with Male language 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 MaaleMaleNative toEthiopiaRegionSouth Omo southeast of JinkaNative speakers105 000 2010 census 1 Language familyAfro Asiatic OmoticNorthOmetoMaaleWriting systemEthiopicLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code mdy class extiw title iso639 3 mdy mdy a Glottologmale1284ELPMaleNotes 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 References editVan Aswegen Jacobus 2008 Language Maintenance and Shift in Ethiopia The Case of Maale MA thesis University of South Africa External links editWorld Atlas of Language Structures information on Maale nbsp This Ethiopia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Afroasiatic languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maale language amp oldid 1208504631, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
