Bambassi language
Bambassi (native name: Màwés Aasʼè) is an Omotic Afroasiatic language spoken in Ethiopia around the towns of Bambasi and Didessa in the area east of Asosa in Benishangul-Gumuz Region. The parent language group is the East Mao group. Alternative names for the language are Bambeshi, Siggoyo, Amam, Fadiro, Northern Mao, Didessa and Kere.
| Bambassi | |
|---|---|
| Mao of Bambassi | |
| Mao of Didessa | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | in Benishangul-Gumuz Region, east of Asosa |
Native speakers | 2,300 (2011) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | myf |
| Glottolog | bamb1262 |
| ELP | Mao of Bambeshi |
The most current information on the number of Bambassi speakers is not known, as the 2007 census grouped the Mao languages together, despite low lexical similarity. 33,683 mother tongue speakers of Maogna (covering Bambassi, Hozo and Seze) were listed.
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