| Mursi | |
|---|---|
| ሙነን (munɛn) | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Central Omo |
| Ethnicity | Mursi |
Native speakers | 7,400 (2007 census)[1][2] |
| Geʽez, Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | muz |
| Glottolog | murs1242 |
| ELP | Mursi |
Mursi (also Dama, Merdu, Meritu, Murzi, Murzu) is a Southeast Surmic language spoken by the Mursi people who live in the South Omo Zone on the eastern side of the lower Omo valley in southwest Ethiopia.[3] The language is similar to Suri, another Southeast Surmic language spoken to the west of the Mursi language area.[4] It is spoken by approximately 7,400 people.[1]
- ^ a b "Ethiopian Census 2007". csa.gov.et. Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Central Statistics Agency. 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ Mursi at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ Worku (2021), p. 1.
- ^ Worku (2021), pp. 19 f.
