Myo

Also Known As: Southern Mao Description: Anfillo (also known as Southern Mao) is a Northern Omotic language spoken in western Ethiopia by a few hundred people. The term Anfillo is used to refer both to the language and the people found in a small community in the Anfillo woreda, part of the Mirab Welega Zone. The language is on the verge of extinction as it is spoken only by adults above the age of sixty. All younger generations have shifted to Western Oromo. Anfillo has five vowels and about 22 consonants. Long vowels and consonants do occur and may have phonemic value. The basic word order is Subject Object Verb. Nouns follow their modifier. Verbs are inflected for tense, aspect and mood. Three tenses are marked morphologically: present, past, and future. Gender and number are expressed lexically...... full article at Wikipedia Location of Anfillo Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/myo/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Ethiopia Spoken In: Countries: Ethiopia Regions: Africa ISO 639-3 Code: myo Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Afro-Asiatic Group     Omotic Group       North Omotic Group         Gonga-Gimojan Group           Gonga Group             Central Gonga Group               Anfillo Language