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Dizin (often called “Dizi” or “Maji” in the literature) is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by the Dizi people, primarily in the Maji woreda of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, located in southwestern Ethiopia.[2] The 2007 census listed 33,927 speakers.[3] A population of 17,583 was identified as monolinguals in 1994.[4]

Dizin
Native toEthiopia
Native speakers
34,000 (2007 census)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Omotic
    • North
      • Dizoid
        • Dizin
Language codes
ISO 639-3mdx
Glottologdizi1235

The language has basic SOV (subject–object–verb) word order, tones, and is largely suffixing. Phonologically, "Features of the Dizin sound system include glottalized consonants, syllabic nasals, lengthened vowels, three phonemic tone levels and contour tones. Western Dizin has phonemic retroflex consonants. The glottal stop is analyzed as phonemic word initially before nasals, but not phonemic elsewhere". (Beachy 2005:iv)

Dizin, together with the Sheko and Nayi languages, is part of a cluster of languages variously called "Maji" or "Dizoid".


Notes


  1. Ethiopia 2007 Census
  2. The 1994 Population and Housing census of the SNNPR Region: Volume I, Part I, Table 2.15. According to Table 2.16, Dizin is second to Amharic in the number of speakers in the woreda's towns of Maji, Jeba and Tum.
  3. Ethiopia 2007 Census
  4. Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

References






На других языках


[de] Dizi (Sprache)

Dizi (auch Magi, Maji) ist eine omotische Sprache, die im Südwesten Äthiopiens in der Kaffa-Region westlich des Omo-Flusses von den Dizi gesprochen wird. Sie wird dem Nordomotischen zugerechnet und ist nahe mit Sheko und Nayi verwandt.
- [en] Dizin language

[fr] Dizi (langue)

Le dizi ou dizin ou maji est une langue afro-asiatique de la branche des langues omotiques parlée dans le Sud-Ouest de l'Éthiopie, autour de la ville de Maji.

[ru] Дизи (язык)

Дизи (маджи)[1] — один из омотских языков. Распространён в Эфиопии (Область Народностей Южной Эфиопии, зона Бенч-Маджи; 33 900 носителей (2010))[2].



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