Native to Ethiopia Native speakers 150,000 (2007 census) ISO 639-3 mym | Region Eastern Africa Writing system Latin | |
Language family Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic
Kir–Abbaian
Surmic
South
Southeast
Me'en | ||
Me'en (also Mekan, Mie'en, Mieken, Meqan, Men) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Eastern Sudanic, Surmic, Southeast Surmic) spoken in Ethiopia by the Me'en people. In recent years, it has been written with the Ge'ez alphabet, but in 2007 a decision was made to use the Latin alphabet. Dialects include Bodi (Podi) and Tishena (Teshina, Teshenna).
Me'en is unique among Surmic languages in that it has ejective consonants.
Reliable descriptions of some parts of the language have been produced by Hans-Georg Will, often contradicting Carlo Conti Rossini's work, the editing of the extensive language notes of a non-linguist.
References
Me'en language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA