ISO 639-3 · muzmuz
Nilo-Saharan family
Mursi
Mursi is a language of the Surmic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Ethiopia. Wikidata counts about 7,500 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
muz- Glottocode
murs1242- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mursi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mursi language |
| All speakers | 7,500 |
| Written in | Geʽez script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Mursi
The branches above Mursi, 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