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Mursi

Also Known As

Murzi; Murzu; Merdu; Meritu; Dama;

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Surmic; Southeast Surmic

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muz

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1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia, Results at Country Level
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1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia, Results at Country Level
Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
The World Atlas of Language Structures
World Oral Literature Project
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Native Speakers Worldwide

3,278

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3254

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1998

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3,278

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2010

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5.5831,36.5075

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3,280

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3,258

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"3,155 speakers are monolinguals. Data for the number of native speakers and for the ethnic population come from the 1994 census."

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2009

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Ethiopia;

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2005

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5.58333333333,36.0833333333

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3,278

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  1. Il linguaggio dei Tirma, popolazione della zona del Lago Rodolfo
    Cerulli, Enrico. 1942. "Il Linguaggio Dei Tirma, Popolazione Della Zona Del Lago Rodolfo." In Oriente moderno, 22: 26-35.
  2. Famine, gold, and guns: the Suri of southwestern Ethiopia, 1985-91
    Abbink, Jon. 1993. "Famine, Gold, and Guns: the Suri of Southwestern Ethiopia, 1985-91." In Disasters: the international journal of disaster studies and practice, 17: 218-225.
  3. Suri-English basic vocabulary
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  4. Violence and political discourse among the Chai Suri
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  5. Plant use among the Suri people of southern Ethiopia: a system of knowledge in danger?
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  6. Kinship and society among Surmic-speaking peoples in southwest Ethiopia
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  7. On comparing language relationships: a case study of Murle, Kacipo and Tirma
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  8. The eloquent Surma of Ethiopia
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  9. Aspects of Tirmaga grammar
    Bryant, Michael Grayson. 1999. "Aspects of Tirmaga Grammar."
  10. Ethnic conflict in the ‘tribal’ zone: the Dizi and Surma of southern Ethiopia
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  11. On Tirma, Chai, Baale and Mursi
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    Dimmendaal, Gerrit Jan. 2002. "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of Tirma, Chai, Baale and Mursi." 3. SIL International.
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  15. Report of abortive Suri survey
    Girard, Tim and M. Middleton. 1993. "Report of Abortive Suri Survey." In SLLE (Survey of little-known languages of Ethiopia) linguistic reports, 4: (?).
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