Surma languages

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Surma languages are a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken primarily by Surmic ethnic groups in southwestern Ethiopia and neighboring regions of South Sudan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Surmic languages
language family branch
arealFeature Ethiopian language area
areEndangered some member languages are endangered
associatedEthnicity Baale people NERFINISHED
Kwegu people NERFINISHED
Me’en people NERFINISHED
Mursi people NERFINISHED
Suri people NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution East Africa NERFINISHED
Horn of Africa NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Surmic languages
hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Surmic NERFINISHED
hasMemberLanguage Baale language NERFINISHED
Chai language NERFINISHED
Kwegu language NERFINISHED
Me’en language NERFINISHED
Mursi language NERFINISHED
Suri language NERFINISHED
Tirma language
hasNotableLanguageCommunity Omo Valley region communities GENERATED
hasSubgroup North Surmic languages NERFINISHED
South Surmic languages
Southeast Surmic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguageFamilies Afroasiatic languages
Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
partOf Nilo-Saharan language family NERFINISHED
spokenBy Surmic ethnic groups
spokenIn Ethiopia NERFINISHED
South Sudan NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion neighboring regions of South Sudan
southwestern Ethiopia
studiedInDiscipline African linguistics
historical linguistics
subclassOf Surmic languages NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
tone languages
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Surmic languages hasAlternativeName Surma languages