Surma
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Surma is a group of closely related languages spoken by indigenous communities in southwestern Ethiopia and neighboring regions.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nilo-Saharan language
ⓘ
Surmic language ⓘ language group ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | yes ⓘ |
| hasISOClassification | Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubLanguage |
Me’en language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mursi language ⓘ Suri language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tirma-Chai varieties ⓘ |
| isEndangered | some member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Eastern Sudanic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ Surmic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Afroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Omotic languages ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Ethiopian–South Sudanese borderlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Omo Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Me’en people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mursi people NERFINISHED ⓘ Suri people NERFINISHED ⓘ Surma peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ethiopia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.