Me'en
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Me'en is a Nilo-Saharan language
(Eastern Sudanic, Surmic) spoken in Ethiopia
by the Me'en people
. In recent years, it has been written with the Ge'ez alphabet
, but in 2007 a decision was made to use the Latin alphabet. Dialects include Bodi (Podi) and Tishena (Teshina, Teshenna).
Me'en is unique among Surmic languages in that it has ejective consonants.
Reliable descriptions of some parts of the language have been produced by Hans-Georg Will, but Conti Rossini's work is much less reliable, consisting of his efforts to edit the extensive language notes of a non-linguist.
Nilo-Saharan languages
The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of African languages spoken by some 50 million people, mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers , including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of Nile meet...
(Eastern Sudanic, Surmic) spoken in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
by the Me'en people
Surma people
Surma is a panethnicity residing in South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia. It includes the Nilo-Saharan-speaking Suri, Mursi and Me'en.-Overview:...
. In recent years, it has been written with the Ge'ez alphabet
Ge'ez alphabet
Ge'ez , also called Ethiopic, is a script used as an abugida for several languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea but originated in an abjad used to write Ge'ez, now the liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church...
, but in 2007 a decision was made to use the Latin alphabet. Dialects include Bodi (Podi) and Tishena (Teshina, Teshenna).
Me'en is unique among Surmic languages in that it has ejective consonants.
Reliable descriptions of some parts of the language have been produced by Hans-Georg Will, but Conti Rossini's work is much less reliable, consisting of his efforts to edit the extensive language notes of a non-linguist.
External links
- EthnologueEthnologueEthnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International , a Christian linguistic service organization, which studies lesser-known languages, to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language and support their efforts in language development.The Ethnologue...
information on Me'en - World Atlas of Language StructuresWorld Atlas of Language StructuresThe World Atlas of Language Structures is a database of structural properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials. It was first published by Oxford University Press as a book with CD-ROM in 2005, and was released as the second edition on the Internet in April 2008...
information on Me'en