Nayi
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A language of Ethiopia
ISO 639-3
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.
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Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Dialects
None known. Lexical similarity: 58% with Dizin [mdx].
Typology
SOV.
Language Use
Mainly adults. Also use Kafa [kbr].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 7%.
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].