DEL

Male

Overview

Language Tag

language script region variant
mdy Ethi ET  

Detailed Information

Family
Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Gonga-Gimojan, Gimojan, Ometo-Gimira, Ometo
Population
53,800
Alias
N/A
Dialects
Lexical similarity: 48% with Dorze [doz], 46% with the Gofa dialect of Gamo-Gofa-Dawro [gmo], 45% with Koorete [kqy], 44% with the Gamo dialect of Gamo-Gofa-Dawro [gmo], 43% with Wolaytta [wal] and the Dawro dialect of Gamo-Gofa-Dawro [gmo].
Writing system
Ethiopic script (subtag: Ethi).
Ethnologue https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mdy/

Language Features

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The Japan Association for Ethiopian Linguistics

Electronic Journal 'Studies in Ethiopian Languages'

Language Maps on GIS