Central Sudanic · ISO 639-3 snm
Southern Ma'di Language
Southern Ma'di is a Central Sudanic language spoken by about 1.6 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Southern Ma'di is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Southern Ma'di
Language family
- Central Sudanic
- Moru-Madi
- Southern Moru-Madi
- Southern Ma'di
Writing system
Latin script
About the Southern Ma'di language
Southern Ma'di is spoken by about 1.6 million people, which makes it the 359th most spoken language in the world — just behind Scots (1.6 million) and ahead of Malawi Sena (1.6 million). It belongs to the Central Sudanic language family and, more precisely, to the Southern Moru-Madi group within the Southern Moru-Madi branch.
Where is Southern Ma'di spoken?
Southern Ma'di is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Uganda (1.6 million).
Southern Ma'di is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Southern Ma'di is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 snm.
Frequently asked questions about Southern Ma'di
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.