Mesmes language
| Mesmes | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Extinct | 2000s[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mys |
| Glottolog | mesm1243 |
| ELP | Mesmes |
The Mesmes language is an
last speaker of the language was interviewed by a language survey
team when he was approximately 80 years old. He had not spoken the language for 30 years, having nobody to speak it with since his brother died.
The Mesmes have shifted to speaking the Hadiyya language. However, they still maintain some cultural distinctives, including their own style of house architecture.[citation needed]
The comparative method has shown that the language is most closely related to the Inor variety of Gurage.[2]
A study of the phonology of Mesmes has shown evidence of rhinoglottophilia.[3]
References
- Ahland, Michael Bryan. (2010). Language death in Mesmes. Dallas: SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington.
- Bustorf, Dirk. (2007). "Mäsmäs”, in: Siegbert Uhlig (ed.): Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 3: D-Ha, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, p. 838-39.
Notes
- ^ Mesmes at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ Ahland (2010), p. 88
- ^ Ahland, Michael. "Nasal spreading, rhinoglottophilia and the genesis of a non-etymological nasal consonant in Mesmes." In Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 13-24. 2005.
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