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public_comment: ""The name B. (bààlɛ́, also Bale) refers to a little known language, spoken in the border area of southern Ethiopia and Sudan by approximately 9,000 people, who call themselves, as well as their home area, by the same name. Amongst neighbouring groups , the language and the people are also known as Ðok (Dhok, Dhuak), Kec̆ipo (Kic̆epo), or Zilmamu."",
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public_comment: ""The B. [Baale] are an ethno-linguistic group of ca. 8,000 to 8,900 people... Before the 1920s the B. were predominantly cattle-herders on on the plains around Boma, but regular conflicts with other groups in the area... disease of humans and cattle... and local disturbances in the wake of British colonialism in the early decades of 20th century caused the loss of most of their livestock and forced them to rely on shifting agriculture... After this period the B. also experienced a demographic decline."",
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public_comment: ""Baale is spoken along the Ethio-Sudanese border by approximately 9,000 people, of whom around 5,000 probably are living in the southwestern corner of Ethiopia, in the Bench-Maji zone of the Southern Region. The name Baale is the self-name of the people as well as the name of the language."",
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public_comment: ""Baale (bāālɛ́) is spoken in the border area between Ethiopia and Sudan by approximately 9,000 people, of whom around 5,000 are probably living on the Ethiopian side. The exact number of speakers however is not known; the recent census made by the Ethiopian government, for example, did not cover the Baale area... the speakers refer to themselves as Baale (bāālɛ́), singular Baalejini (bāālɛ̄jíní). The self-name Baale is also used to denote their language; alternatively, the language is referred to by its speakers as Baallessiye (bāāllēssīyé)."",