Language Yeyi. yey_word-list_1998_23.html, entries: 1-28
Also Known As:
Shiyeyi, Yeei, Yei, Ciyei, Koba, Kuba, Seyeyi, Seyei, Ceyei
Dialects & Varieties
- Shirwanga
Language gain and language loss: the spread of Setswana in Ngamiland
Gabi Sommer and Rainer Vossen. 2000. "Language Gain and Language Loss: the Spread of Setswana in Ngamiland." In Botswana: The Future of the Minority Languages, edited by Herman M. Batibo and Birgit Smieja. 40: 129-153. Peter Lang.
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
4
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"It was thus discovered that in Shorobe, a village with a vast majority of Yeyi community members, Setswana was used almost exclusively not only in inter-ethnic conversations (e.g. communal beer-drinking with Tswana-speakers originating from outside Ngamiland) but also in family-internal everyday conversation in Yeyi households. Only elderly women, who still master the Yeyi language beside Setswana, occasionally made use of Yeyi insertions when casually discussing among themselves most recent events in the village."
Location and Context
Countries
Botswana
Location Description
Seronga, Shobe, and Maun villages in Ngamiland
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Tswana
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
Tswana often used by secondary school students outside the home and in the family
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
Language Yeyi. yey_word-list_1998_23.html, entries: 89-117
Language Yeyi. yey_word-list_1998_20.html, entries: 132-139