Nayi

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A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3
noz
Alternate Names
Na’o, Nao
User Population

9,070, all users. L1 users: 7,190 (2007 census). L2 users: 1,880. 1,140 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 12,000 (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007).

Location

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: scattered in Decha and Shoa Bench districts, Dulkuma village; Sheko district, Aybera, Jomdos, and Kosa villages.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Dizoid
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 58% with Dizin [mdx].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Adults only. Most shifting to Amharic [amh]. Most shifting to Kafa [kbr].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 7%.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nayi
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].