Alternate Names: Dama, Merdu, Meritu, Murzi, Murzu
Dialects: Reportedly similar to Tirmi dialect of Suri , in Sudan.
Genealogy:
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.