Mursi | |
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Native to | Ethiopia |
Region | Central Omo |
Ethnicity | Mursi |
Native speakers
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7,400 (2007 census) |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Ethiopic | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | murs1242 |
Mursi (also Dama, Merdu, Meritu, Murzi, Murzu) is a Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Mursi people, in the central Omo region of southwest Ethiopia. It is similar to Suri, spoken in most of the immediately surrounding area.