Mursi language
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The Mursi language is a Surmic language spoken by the Mursi people of southwestern Ethiopia, known for its rich oral tradition and distinctive phonological features.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Sudanic language
ⓘ
Surmic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToPhylum | Nilo-Saharan (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dama (in some sources)
ⓘ
Mursi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain | Surmic studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Mursi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | murs1244 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Mursi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | muz ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Surmic ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearchFocus |
morphosyntax
ⓘ
phonology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate | several thousand speakers ⓘ |
| hasOralTradition |
narrative storytelling
ⓘ
rich oral literature ⓘ ritual speech ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
distinctive tone ⓘ vowel harmony tendencies ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryTransmissionMode | oral GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Omo Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin script (used in some linguistic materials) ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | minority language ⓘ |
| hasStandardizedOrthography | no widely established standard orthography ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily | Southwest Surmic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
advanced tongue root vowel distinctions
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ tone language ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | none (primarily unwritten) ⓘ |
| isCloselyRelatedTo |
Me’en language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suri language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Surmic branch of Eastern Sudanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUsedAlongside | Amharic (in some contact situations) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mursi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ethiopia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwestern Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedBy | field linguists ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cultural and ritual contexts
ⓘ
everyday communication among Mursi people ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.