Meʼen language

E347534

Eastern Sudanic language Nilo-Saharan language Surmic language language

The Meʼen language is a Surmic language spoken by the Meʼen people of southwestern Ethiopia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Me’en language	2
Meʼen language canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Sudanic language ⓘ Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ Surmic language ⓘ language ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Ethiopia ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Meʼen people ⓘ
glottocode	meye1241 ⓘ
glottologName	Meyen ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Mekan ⓘ Meʼen ⓘ Meʼen-Mekan ⓘ
hasDialect	Bodi ⓘ Chirim ⓘ Mela ⓘ Tishena ⓘ
hasEndonym	Meʼen ⓘ
hasExonym	Mekan ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ rich case system ⓘ tone language ⓘ verb-final tendencies ⓘ
hasStatus	minority language in Ethiopia ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
ISO639-3Code	mym ⓘ
isRelatedTo	Kwegu language ⓘ Mursi language ⓘ Suri language ⓘ
isSpokenNear	Omo River ⓘ Suri language area ⓘ
languageFamily	Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ Surmic languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguage	Amharic ⓘ Bench language ⓘ Dizi language ⓘ Suri language group ⓘ
primaryUsage	daily communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
region	Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoplesʼ Region
spokenBy	Meʼen people ⓘ
spokenIn	Ethiopia ⓘ Southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
subfamily	Southwest Surmic ⓘ
usedIn	local administration (limited) ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geʽez script → usedForLanguage → Meʼen language ⓘ

Surmic → includesLanguage → Meʼen language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Me’en language

Surmic languages → includesLanguage → Meʼen language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Me’en language