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Nayi

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: noz

Population	3,660 (1994 census). 1,137 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 4,005 (1994 census).
Region	Decha Awraja, Kafa region, and scattered in Kafa area; Shoa Bench Wereda, Dulkuma village; Sheko Wereda: Aybera, Kosa, and Jomdos villages.
Language map	Southwestern Ethiopia, reference number 60
Alternate names	Na’o, Nao
Dialects	Related to Dizi [mdx], Sheko [she]. Lexical similarity: 58% with Dizi.
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, North, Dizoid
Language use	1,876 L2 speakers. Mainly adults. Also use Kafa [kbr].
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 7%.
Comments	SOV. Agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

SIEBERT, Kati; SIEBERT, Ralph; YILMA, Aklilu, authors. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey of the Omotic languages Sheko and Yem."  

SIEBERT, Ralph, author. 2007. "Nayi language."

SIEBERT, Ralph; YILMA, Aklilu, authors. 1995. "Survey of Chara, Dime, Melo and Nayi, part 1."

SIEBERT, Ralph; YILMA, Aklilu, authors. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report of the Chara, Dime, Melo and Nayi languages of Ethiopia part 1."  

YILMA, Aklilu, author. 1994. "A sketch of the Nayi grammar."

YILMA, Aklilu, author. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey report of the Nayi language of Ethiopia."