Mursi

MUZ

developing

Alternate Names: Dama, Merdu, Meritu, Murzi, Murzu

Dialects: Reportedly similar to Tirmi dialect of Suri , in Sudan.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Eastern
Surmic
South
Southeast
Pastoral
Suri

Demographics: 7,390 (2007 census). 3,160 monolinguals. L2 users: 34.

Language Use: Also use Amharic [amh]. Used as L2 by Kwegu [xwg].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 1%. Community literacy.

Typology: SVO; postpositions; case suffixes; verb affixes show subject, person, and number; question words final; tonal.

Writing System: Ethiopic

Nation of Origin: Ethiopia

Other Comments: Traditional religion.