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The Baale language, Baleesi or Baalesi is a Surmic language spoken by the Baale or Zilmamo people of Ethiopia, and by the Kachepo of South Sudan. It is a member of the Surmic cluster; the self-name of the language and the community is Suri, which is the same as that of the Suri language, evoking an ethnonym that embraces the Tirma, Chai (or T'id), and Baale communities, although linguistically the languages of these communities are different. There are currently 9,000 native speakers of Baleesi, 5,000 in South Sudan and 4,100 in Ethiopia; almost all of these are monolingual.

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  • The Baale language, Baleesi or Baalesi is a Surmic language spoken by the Baale or Zilmamo people of Ethiopia, and by the Kachepo of South Sudan. It is a member of the Surmic cluster; the self-name of the language and the community is Suri, which is the same as that of the Suri language, evoking an ethnonym that embraces the Tirma, Chai (or T'id), and Baale communities, although linguistically the languages of these communities are different. There are currently 9,000 native speakers of Baleesi, 5,000 in South Sudan and 4,100 in Ethiopia; almost all of these are monolingual. Yigezu (2005) notes that although Baale is genetically a Southwest Surmic language, it has taken on many features of Southeast Surmic languages due to heavy contact. (en)
  • El kacipo-balesi es una lengua nilo-sahariana del grupo súrmico, hablada por las etnias y zilmamu de Etiopía y por los de Sudán del Sur. Se distinguen tres variedades dialectales: balesi (baale), kacipo y zilmamu.​ (es)
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  • koe
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  • Balesi (en)
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  • 2000 (xsd:integer)
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  • Olam (en)
  • Balesi (en)
  • Kacipo (en)
  • Zilmamu (en)
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  • Zilmamo, Kichepo (en)
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  • Nilo-Saharan (en)
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  • baal1234 (en)
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  • Baale-Olam (en)
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  • koe (en)
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  • Baale (en)
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  • Kacipo (en)
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  • e18 (en)
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  • Ethiopian–South Sudanese border, Boma Plateau in South Sudan (en)
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  • (en)
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  • El kacipo-balesi es una lengua nilo-sahariana del grupo súrmico, hablada por las etnias y zilmamu de Etiopía y por los de Sudán del Sur. Se distinguen tres variedades dialectales: balesi (baale), kacipo y zilmamu.​ (es)
  • The Baale language, Baleesi or Baalesi is a Surmic language spoken by the Baale or Zilmamo people of Ethiopia, and by the Kachepo of South Sudan. It is a member of the Surmic cluster; the self-name of the language and the community is Suri, which is the same as that of the Suri language, evoking an ethnonym that embraces the Tirma, Chai (or T'id), and Baale communities, although linguistically the languages of these communities are different. There are currently 9,000 native speakers of Baleesi, 5,000 in South Sudan and 4,100 in Ethiopia; almost all of these are monolingual. (en)
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  • Baale language (en)
  • Idioma baalesi (es)
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  • Baale (en)
  • Kacipo (en)
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