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MPE ISO 639-3

Majang

Ato Majangerongk Autonym

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Ato, Ato Majang, Ato Majanger-Onk, Majanjiro, Masango, Masongo, Mejenger, Mesengo, Messengo, Mezhenger, Ojanjur, Tama
Autonym
Ato Majangerongk
Population
30,000 (Joswig 2019).
Location:
Gambela and Oromia regions; Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: a long, narrow belt east of Gambela, and south of Guraferda.
Language Status
4 (Educational).
Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Surmic, North, Majang
Dialects
Minor dialect variation.
Typology
VSO; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question words final; suffixes indicate number and case; impersonal verbs; reciprocal verb forms; verb affixes mark person, number; split ergativity marking with split based on topicality; topical constituents either nominative or absolutive, non-topical constituents either ergative or absolutive; complex syllable patterns; tonal.
Language Use
Also use Amharic [amh]. Used as L2 by Shabo [sbf].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 21%. Taught in primary schools. NT: 2017.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Majang
Writing
Ethiopic script [Ethi], used until 1990s. Latin script [Latn], official in Gambela Region.
Other Comments
Traditional religion, Christian.

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Location: Gambela and Oromia regions; Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: a long, narrow belt east of Gambela, and south of Guraferda.