ISO 639-3 · mysmys
Afroasiatic family · extinct or historical language
Mesmes
Mesmes is an extinct or historical language of the Gurage branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Ethiopia. Wikidata describes it as “extinct Gurage language of Ethiopia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mys- Glottocode
mesm1243- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 9 Dormant
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mesmes |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mesmes language |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Dormant9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Mesmes
The branches above Mesmes, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ethiopia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalsomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalwalWolayttaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationtirTigrinyaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m2 · ProvincialgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialkbrKafaAfroasiatic · 1.5 m4 · Educational