Informations incomplètes “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Vulnérable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60,200
60,000 in Sudan (SIL 1982).
Informations incomplètes “A survey on language death in Africa” (402) . Sommer, Gabriele (1992) , Brenzinger, Matthias · Mouton de Gruyter
Dormant
"Practically extinct" (Omo-Murle dialect only)
A few women are rememberers.
This source refers only to the Omo-Murle dialect of Murle.
PLACES
Ethiopia
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"Ethiopia, southwestern part, in the vicinity of the Nyangatom who live along the Kibish River."
Informations incomplètes “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Informations incomplètes “Murle Categorization” (181-218) . Arensen, Jonathan E. (1998) , Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and Last, Marco · Köppe Verlag
Vulnérable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<35,000
"Population figures for the lowland Murle vary. Before the present civil strife they were estimated to be 30,000, but this figure may now be inaccurate because of the war... [the Boma Hills Murle population is] smaller, numbering about 5,000 people."
PLACES
South Sudan, Ethiopia
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"At the present time the Murle are based in two locations. Their primary area is the land bordering the Pibor, Lotilla, and Veveno Rivers... The secondary location of the Murle is the Boma Hills, located 90 miles to the southeast of Pibor."
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9 (Omo-Murle dialect only)
"All of [the Omo-Murle people] except for four old men and five old women speak the Nyangatom language as their first language. The Omo-Murle language will soon be absolutely extinct after the oldest generation dies out."
AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
Nyangatom
PLACES
Ethiopia;
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"Scattered in the villages (Aepa, Kachule, Nachukul) along the western bank of the Omo River about 80km upstream from the Lake Turkana in the extreme southwestern corner of Ethiopia."