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Mursi language

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Native to
  
Ethiopia

Ethnicity
  
Mursi

Writing system
  
Ethiopic

Region
  
Central Omo

Native speakers
  
7,400 (2007 census)

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Kir–Abbaian Surmic South Southeast Suri–Mursi Mursi

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