Mao languages

Mao
Blue Nile Mao
Geographic
distribution
Ethiopia, Sudan[1]
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Language codes
Glottologmaoo1243

The Mao languages are a branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia and parts of Sudan. The group had the following categories:

It is estimated that there are 5,000 speakers of Bambasi, 3,000 speakers each of Hozo and Seze and a few hundred Ganza speakers (Bender, 2000). During recent political upheavals, a few thousand Bambassi speakers established themselves in the valley of the Didessa River and Belo Jegonfoy woreda. Much of the Mirab Welega Zone was once the home of Mao languages, but they have lost speakers because of the increasing influence of Oromo.

  1. ^ a b "Omotic languages". Ethnologue. Retrieved 6 March 2024.