Anfillo (also known as Mao or Southern Mao) is a NorthernOmotic language spoken in westernEthiopia by a few hundred people. The term Anfillo is used to refer both to the language and the people found in a small community in theAnfilloworeda, part of theMirab Welega Zone. The language is on the verge of extinction as it is spoken only by adults above the age of sixty. All younger generations have shifted to Western Oromo as of 2007.^[1]

Anfillo has fivevowels and about 22consonants. Long vowels and consonants do occur and may have phonemic value. The basic word order issubject–object–verb. Nouns follow their modifier. Verbs are inflected fortense,aspect andmood. Three tenses are marked morphologically: present, past, and future.Gender andnumber are expressed lexically.

• Amanuel Alemayehu (2001) 'Noun Phrase in Anfillo' (unpublished B.A. thesis, Addis Abeba University)
• Gebre Bizuneh (1994) 'The Phonology of Anfillo' (unpublished M.A. thesis, Addis Abeba University)
• Goshu, Debela & Demeke, Girma Awgichew [2005] 'Some points on Anfillo' (unpublished handout,International Conference on Endangered Ethiopian Languages, Addis Ababa 27–30 April 2005).
• Grottanelli, Vinigi L. 1940. I Mao (Missione etnografica nel Uollega occidentale). Rome: Reale Accademia d'Italia.
• Yigezu, Moges & Yehualashet (1995) 'Anfillo: a sketch of grammar and lexicon',Afrikanistisch Arbeitspapiere, 43. Cologne: University of Cologne/Institute of African Studies.
• Yigezu, Moges (1995b) 'Dying twice: the case of Anfillo languages',Afrikanistisch Arbeitspapiere, 43. Cologne: University of Cologne/Institute of African Studies.
• Wedekind, Klaus & Wedekind, Charlotte (2002) 'Sociolinguistic Survey Report on Languages of the Asosa-Begi-Komosha area, Part II' (SIL Electronic Survey Report 2002-055).[contains a map]

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