NOZ ISO 639-3
Nayi
A language of Ethiopia
- ISO 639
- noz
- Alternate Names
- Na’o, Nao
- 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.
- 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].
Also Spoken in
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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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