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Nayi (also known as Nao) is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in western Ethiopia. The 2007 census
listed 1998 census listed 7,188 speakers; the 1998 census 3,656 speakers, with 1,137 identified as monolinguals. Most of the
speakers of the language live in two separated areas. The largest grouping live in Decha woreda of the Keffa Zone. The nearest
city to their region is Bonga. A few in Dulkuma village of the Shoa Bench woreda, some in Sheko woreda having moved there
in 1976-1977 as a result of conflicts between local feudal lords and the military government . In Decha, young people no longer
speak the language. The language is notable for its retroflex consonants (Aklilu Yilma 1988), a striking feature shared with
closely related Dizi, Sheko and nearby (but not closely related) Bench. The language has 5 vowels that can be long or short.
The question of the status of a short mid central vowel is still unresolved. There are three phonemic tones and syllabic nasal
consonants. There are ejective stops and affricates, but no implosives . Nayi, together with the Dizi and Sheko languages,
is part of a cluster of languages variously called Maji or Dizoid. |
Names (more)[an] Idioma nao[en] Nayi language [fr] Nayi [hr] Nayi jezik [pt] Língua Nayi |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : nozLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/nozhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:noz More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: nozFreebase ISO 639-3 : noz GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |