Maale | |
Also Known As: | Male |
States: | Ethiopia |
Region: | South Omo, southeast of Jinka |
Speakers: | 105,000 |
Date: | 2010 census |
Ref: | [1] |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam2: | Omotic |
Fam3: | North |
Fam4: | Ometo |
Script: | Ethiopic |
Iso3: | mdy |
Glotto: | male1284 |
Glottorefname: | Male (Ethiopia) |
Maale (also spelled Male) is an Omotic language spoken in the Omo Region of Ethiopia. The Maale people are vigorously maintaining their language despite exposure to outside pressures and languages.[2]