Mao languages

Asụsụ Mao bụ ngalaba nke asụsụ Omotic a na-asụ na yaEtiopia. Otu ahụ nwere ụdị ndị a:

• Bambasi, nke a na-asụ na mpaghara Bambasi nke Benishangul-Gumuz.
• Hozo na Seze (a na-akọwakarị ọnụ dị ka 'Begi Mao'), ndị a na-asụ na gburugburu Begi na mpaghara Mirab (West) Welega nke mpaghara Oromia, na
• Ganza, nke a na-asụ na ndịda Bambasi na mpaghara Asosa nke mpaghara Benishangul-Gumuz na ọdịda anyanwụ nke asụsụ Hozo na Seze.

Mao
Blue Nile Mao
Geographic distribution	Ethiopia
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Omotic Mao
Glottolog	maoo1243

A na-eme atụmatụ na e nwere ndị ọkà okwu Bambasi 5,000, ndị ọkà okwu 3,000 nke ọ bụla Hozo na Seze na narị ole na ole Ganza na-asụ asụsụ (Bender, 2000). N'oge ọgba aghara ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na nso nso a, puku mmadụ ole na ole ndị ọkà okwu Bambassi guzobe onwe ha na ndagwurugwu nke Osimiri Didessa na mpaghara Belo Jegonfoy. Ọtụtụ n'ime mpaghara Mirab Welega bụbu ebe obibi nke asụsụ Mao, mana ndị na-asụ asụsụ furu efu n'ihi mmetụta Oromo na-abawanye.

Mmekọrịta

Asụsụ Mao nwere mmekọrịta chiri anya na asụsụ Koman. Ụfọdụ ndị na-asụ Koman na Etiopia na-ewere onwe ha dị ka agbụrụ Mao.

Ọnụ ọgụgụ

Ntụnyere nke ọnụọgụ n'asụsụ ọ bụla:

Asụsụ	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ganza (Gwàmì Nánà) (1)	ʔìʃì kwéʔèn	Akwụkwọ a na-edepụta	__ibo____ibo__ Ọdịdị	Maịna	Ihe omuma nke a	[Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]	Akwụkwọ mpịakọta	Wụụụụ	Ihe ndị a na-akpọ ya	kónsó-bá (n'ụzọ nkịtịː 'aka abụọ')
Ganza (Gwàmì Nánà) (2)	ʔìʃì kwéʔèn	Akwụkwọ a na-edepụta	__ibo____ibo__ Ọdịdị	Maịna	Ihe omuma nke a	[Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]	Akwụkwọ mpịakọta	Wụụụụ	Ihe ndị a na-akpọ ya	kónsó-bá (n'ụzọ nkịtịː aka abụọ)
Ganza (3)	ʔíʃkúwéén	mámbùʔ	tíízìʔ	Ihe ndị ọzọ a na-akpọ	Ihe omuma nke a	ʔíʃkípín	mpụga	Ihe omuma ahu	ʃéléʔ	kóbónsàʔ
Oghere (1)	ʔónnà	ogwe aka	sìjázì	bétsʼì	kwítsʼì (n'ụzọ nkịtị: 'aka')	kwítsʼì ʔòttá ʔónnà (5 + 1)	kwítsʼì ʔòttá dòmbó (5 + 2)	kwítsʼì ʔòttá sìjázì (5 + 3)	kwítsʼì ʔòttá bétsʼì (5 + 4)	pʼóʃì
Oghere (2)	ʊnːa / onna	dʊmbo / dombo	sìɑːsi /siyazi	bɛtsíː / betsʼi	kwɪtsí / kʼwitsi (n'ụzọ nkịtị: 'aka', kutsi)	kɛniː / ota-onna (5 + 1)	ʔɔːta / ota-dombo (5 + 2)	ʔɔ̀ːtá / ota-siyazi (5 + 3)	ʔɔ̀ːtì / ota-beːtsi (5 + 4)	pʼɔ́ːʃi / poːši
Northern Mao	hishịịị	numbo	teezè	mesʼe	kʼwíssí	kyaansè	kúlùmbò (litː aka abụọ?)	kúteezé (litː aka atọ?)	kúsmésʼe (litː aka anọ?)	kúúsú
Sezi (Seze / Sezo) (1)	ʔìʃílè	Nọmbé	Isiji	besʼsʼé	kʼwíssé (n'ụzọ nkịtị: 'aka', kusɛ)	kʼwíssé ʔòòt ʔìʃílè (litː 5 fọdụrụ 1)	kʼwíssé ʔòòt nòmbé (litː 5 ka dị. 2)	kʼwíssé ʔòòt sììzé (litː 5 fọdụrụ 3)	kʼwíssé ʔòòt besʼsʼé (litː 5 ka dị. 4)	kúúsé
Iri na Isii (Sezo) (2)	ɪ̀ʃìlɛ / ɪšilɛ	nɔ̀mbɛ́ / noːmbɛ́	sìːzí /siːzɛ	bɛ̀sʼɛ́ / bɛtsʼɛ́	kʼúsɛ́ / kʼʊsse (n'ụzọ nkịtị: 'aka', kusɛ)	dʒɑ;j / ot-šilɛ	ʔɔːt nɔ̀mbɛ́ / ot-nombɛ	ʔɔ̀ːt síːzí / ota-siːzɛ	ʔɔ̀ːt bèːtsʼé / ota-bɛːsʼɛ	Sọnkːsɛ / kʊːsɛ

• Ndepụta okwu Mao (Wiktionary)

Ịgụ ihe ọzọ

• Küspert (2015). "The Mao and Komo Languages in the Begi–Tongo area in Western Ethiopia: Classification, Designations, Distribution" 13 (1). DOI:10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.447.