Zay
[aka Zway, Lak'i, Laqi]Classification: Afro-Asiatic
·threatened
Classification: Afro-Asiatic
·threatened
Zway, Lak'i, Laqi, Gelilla, Zoay |
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Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Ethiopic |
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ISO 639-3 |
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zwa |
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Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
Amharic;
"[Zay's] number of speakers appears to be decreasing because of the dominant role of Amharic."
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
"Use of Zay is decreasing due to migration from the islands (the traditional homeland) to the lakeshore, where they become Oromo [orm] speakers."
"Oromia region: Lake Zway shores and east islands."
Information from: “Sociolinguistic survey report of the Zay language area” (12) . Gardner, Simon and Siebert, Ralph (2001) SIL International
"As a language to be passed on to the children, Orominya is nowadays of equal importance to Zay. ... [The Zay people] state that their language will be used for many generations and that it will not be forgotten."
Amharic
Orominya
"Among the interviewees there were no monolingual speakers of Zay. ... Zay used to talk with parents, Orominya used with siblings and spouses. Amharic also used."