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Mursi language

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Native to
  
Ethnicity
  
Mursi

Writing system
  
Ethiopic

Region
  
Native speakers
  
7,400 (2007 census)

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan?Eastern SudanicKir–AbbaianSurmicSouthSoutheastSuri–MursiMursi

Mursi (also Dama, Merdu, Meritu, Murzi, Murzu) is a Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Mursi people, in the central Omo region of southwest Ethiopia. It is similar to Suri, spoken in most of the immediately surrounding area.

References

Mursi language Wikipedia


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