Male

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639: mdy
Alternate Names: Maale, Malie
Population: 101,430, all users. L1 users: 94,700 (2007 census). L2 users: 6,730. 40,500 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 97,900 (2007 census).
Location:: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: north Omo zone, southeast of Jinka.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gimojan, Ometo-Gimira, Ometo
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 48% with Dorze [doz], 46% with Gofa [gof], 45% with Koorete [kqy], 44% with Gamo [gmv], 43% with Wolaytta [wal] and Dawro [dwr].
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Home. Used by all. Also use Amharic [amh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%. Non-formal literacy classes. Grammar. Bible: 2016.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Male
Writing: Ethiopic script [Ethi].
Other Comments: Different from Malo (see Zayse).

Location: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: north Omo zone, southeast of Jinka.