Meʼen language
Meʼen (also Mekan, Mieʼen, Mieken, Meqan, Men) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Eastern Sudanic, Surmic, Southeast Surmic) spoken in Ethiopia by the Meʼen people. In recent years, it has been written with the Geʽez alphabet, but in 2007 a decision was made to use the Latin alphabet. Dialects include Bodi (Podi) and Tishena (Teshina, Teshenna).
Meʼen | |
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Mɛʼɛn | |
Native to | Ethiopia |
Region | Eastern Africa |
Ethnicity | Me'en people |
Native speakers | 150,000 (2007 census) |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mym |
Glottolog | meen1242 |
ELP | Bodi |
Meʼen and Kwegu are unique among Surmic languages in that they have ejective consonants.
Reliable descriptions of some parts of the language have been produced by Hans-Georg Will, often contradicting Carlo Conti Rossini's work, the editing of the extensive language notes of a non-linguist.
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