![]() According to the 1994 national census, there were 3,163 people who were identified as Mursi in the SNNPR 3,158 spoke Mursi as their first language, while 31 spoke it as their second language. Mursi is closely related (over 80% cognate) to Me'en and Suri, as well as Kwegu. It is a part of the Surmic language family. ![]() The Mursi speak the Mursi language as a mother tongue. ![]() They are grouped together with the Me'en and Suri by the Ethiopian government under the name Surma. Their neighbors include the Aari, the Banna, the Mekan, the Karo, the Kwegu, the Nyangatom and the Suri. Surrounded by mountains between the Omo River and its tributary the Mago, the home of the Mursi is one of the most isolated regions of the country. ![]() ![]() According to the 2007 national census, there are 11,500 Mursi, 848 of whom live in urban areas of the total number, 92.25% live in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR). They principally reside in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, close to the border with South Sudan. The Mursi (or Mun as they refer to themselves) are a Surmic ethnic group in Ethiopia. ![]()
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