Endangered Languages Project - Mao of Bambeshi

Mao of Bambeshi

^{[aka Bambassi, Bambeshi, Siggoyo]}

Classification: Afro-Asiatic

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Bambassi, Bambeshi, Siggoyo, Amam, Fadiro, Northern Mao, Didessa, Mao of Diddesa, Bambessi Mao, Didessa Mao
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, Mao
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		myf
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kere Bambassi
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		"Northern Mao, also known by the toponyms Bambassi and Diddesa, is one of the least documented Omotic languages (Bender 2000:180). A Mao language of the Omotic family, a subclass of the Afroasiatic phylum (Bender 1985; 2000; 2003; Hayward 2000), the language is spoken by an estimated 5,000 speakers (Siebert et al. 1993)"

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Information from: “Aspects of Northern Mao Phonology” (1-40) . Michael Ahland (2009)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1993

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "...living primarily in the areas around Bambassi town, especially the areas known as Muts’a and Muts’a Mado, as well as in the Dimt’u area of the Diddesa Valley in western Ethiopia (Siebert et al. 1994:9; Bender 2003). A small community of speakers may also be found outside the Mao area proper, in the town of Asosa."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1982).

PLACES: Ethiopia;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100-999
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1994

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

PLACES: Didesa Valley and Metahara in Ethiopia

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing