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The Mesmes language is an extinct West Gurage language, one of the Ethiopian Semitic languages spoken in Ethiopia. There are still many people who claim the Mesmes ethnic identity, but none who speak the language. The 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.

Mesmes
Native toEthiopia
Extinctca. 2000[citation needed]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3mys
Glottologmesm1243
ELPMesmes
Mesmes is an extinct language according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Mesmes have shifted to speaking the Hadiyya language. However, they still maintain some cultural distinctives, including their own style of house architecture.

The comparative method has shown that the language is most closely related to the Inor variety of Gurage.[1]


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Notes


  1. Ahland (2010), p. 88





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