Melo

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639: mfx
Alternate Names: Malo
Population: 24,860, all users. L1 users: 20,200 (1994 census). L2 users: 4,660. 13,700 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 20,200 (1994 census).
Location:: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: north Omo zone, Malo-Koza area.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gimojan, Ometo-Gimira, Ometo, Central
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 70% with the majority of Ometo language varieties.
Language Use: Used by all. Also use Amharic [amh]. Used as L2 by Chara [cra].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 10%.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Melo
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: north Omo zone, Malo-Koza area.