Alternate Names: Ajo, Ato Majang, Ato Majanger-Onk, Majanjiro, Masango, Masongo, Mesengo, Ojanjur, Tama
Dialects: Minor dialect variation.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 18,500 (2007 census). 11,000 Mesengo (2007 census). 10,800 monolinguals. L2 users: 440.
Language Use: Also use Amharic [amh]. Used as L2 by Shabo [sbf].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 21%. Used for education in Gambela. Bible portions: 1993.
Typology: VSO; postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question words final; suffixes indicate case, passives; causative prefix; reciprocal verb forms; verb affixes mark person, number, subject, object; many syllable patterns; tonal.
Writing System: Ethiopic, Latin
Nation of Origin: Ethiopia
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.