| Suri | |
|---|---|
| Surma | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | West Omo Zone |
| Ethnicity | Suri, Tirma |
Native speakers | 27,000 (2007 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Latin[2] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | suq |
| Glottolog | suri1267 |
| ELP | Suri |
Suri (Churi, Dhuri, Shuri, Shuro), is a Surmic language spoken in the West Omo Zone of the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region in Ethiopia, to the South Sudan border by the Suri. The language has over 80% lexical similarity to Mursi.[3] The language is often referred to by another form of its name, Surma, after which the Surmic branch of Eastern Sudanic is named, but that form is frequently used for the three related languages spoken by the Surma people: Suri, Mursi, and Me'en.
Suri is spoken in two dialect by two nationalities, the Tirma (Tirmaga, Cirma, Dirma, Terema, Terna, Tid, Tirima, Tirmagi) and the Chai (Caci, Cai).
- ^ Ethiopia 2007 Census
- ^ Suri language at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ Suri language at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
