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Majang language
The Majang language is spoken by the Majangir people of Ethiopia. Although it is a member of the Surmic cluster, this language is the most isolated one in that cluster (Fleming 1983). A language survey has shown that dialect variation from north to south is minor and does not seriously impede communication. The 2007 Ethiopian Census lists 6,433 speakers for Majang (Messengo), but also reports that the ethnic group consists of 32,822 individuals (Messengo and Mejengir).〔(2007 Census countrywide )〕 According to the census, almost no speakers can be found in Mezhenger Zone of Gambela Region; a total of eleven speakers are listed for the zone, but almost 10,000 ethnic Mejenger or Messengo people.〔(2007 Census Gambella Region )〕
==Phonology==
Vowel length is distinctive in Majang, so all vowels come in pairs of long and short, such as ''goopan'' 'punishment' and ''gopan'' 'road'. The vowel inventory is taken out of Joswig (2012) and Getachew (2014, p. 65). Unseth (2007) posed a 9-vowel system with a row of -ATR closed vowels ɪ and ʊ. Moges 〔Moges (2007), p.114〕 claims a tenth vowel ɐ, whereas Bender (1983) was only ready to confirm six vowels. All authors agree that there is no ATR vowel harmony in the language.
Bender〔Bender (1983), p. 116〕 also claims that the glottal stop needs to be treated as a phoneme of Majang though Unseth refutes this.〔Unseth(1991), p. 533〕 Majang has two implosives, bilabial and coronal, which Moges Yigezu has studied acoustically and distributionally.〔Moges Yigezu. 2006. The Phonetic Characterization of implosives in Majang, a Northern Surmic language. ''Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies'', edited by Siegbert Uhlig, pp. 822-830. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag.〕
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