Grouping term for ethnic people resides in southwestern Ethiopia
Ethnic group
Suri (Suri, Mursi, Me'en, Kwegu)![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Mujer_Mursi_5.jpg/220px-Mujer_Mursi_5.jpg) Suri girl |
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'Surmic' speakers: 80,000 (1998), 186,875 (2007) |
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southwestern Ethiopia, South Sudan |
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Suri, Mursi, Me'en, Kwegu |
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Other Surmic peoples |
Suri is a collective name for three ethnic groups (Chai, Timaga, and Baale) mainly living in Suri woreda, in southwestern Ethiopia. They share many similarities politically, territorially, culturally and economically but speak different languages. They all speak South East Surmic languages within the Nilo-Saharan language family, which includes the Mun, Majang, and Me'en people's languages.