DEL

Bodi

Overview

Language Tag

language script region variant
mym Ethi ET

Detailed Information

Family
Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Surmic, South, Southeast, Pastoral, Me'en
Population
56585
Alias
Mekan, Men, Meqan, Mie'en, Mieken
Dialects
Banio and Koruwo, Bodi (Podi, Mela). Linguistically similar to Suri [suq] and Mursi [mur]. Lexical differences between highland and lowland dialects. Lexical similarity: 65% with the Chai and Tirma dialects of Suri, 30% with Murle [mur].
Writing system
Ethiopic script (subtag: Ethi).
Ethnologue https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mym/

Language Features

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Electronic Journal 'Studies in Ethiopian Languages'

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