MVZ ISO 639-3
Mesqan
A language of Ethiopia
- ISO 639
- mvz
- Alternate Names
- Masqan, Meskan
- Population
- 195,000 (2007 SIL). Ethnic population: 205,000 (Woreda Farmers’ Cooperatives Office).
- Location:
- Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: west Gurage zone, Mesqan district, principal villages: Butajira, Hudat, Mesqan, and Mikayelo.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Outer, tt-Group
- Language Use
- Used by all.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mesqan
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
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Location: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: west Gurage zone, Mesqan district, principal villages: Butajira, Hudat, Mesqan, and Mikayelo.
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