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Alias		Zway, Lak'i, Laqi, Gelilla, Zoay
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Ethiopic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		zwa
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Informationen von: “Initial SLLE survey of the Zway area” (10) . Wedekind, Klaus and Wedekind, Charlotte (2002) SIL International

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<4,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

ORTE: "West of Asella at the shores of Lake Zway."

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT: "[Zay's] number of speakers appears to be decreasing because of the dominant role of Amharic."

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

Bedroht

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,880
Muttersprachler weltweit

Bedroht

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,880
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
4,880
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
(SIL)

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1994

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT: "Use of Zay is decreasing due to migration from the islands (the traditional homeland) to the lakeshore, where they become Oromo [orm] speakers."

ORTE: Ethiopia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: "Oromia region: Lake Zway shores and east islands."

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1994

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"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."

SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG

"Zay people have a positive attitude towards their mother tongue."

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Amharic
Orominya

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

"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."

	SIL electronic survey reports (SILESR), #2002-063		2002	Initial SLLE survey of the Zway area		10	Earlier version appeared 1994 in «SLLE (Survey of little-known languages of Ethiopia) linguistic reports», v. 14.		SIL International				Wedekind, Klaus and Wedekind, Charlotte	Wedekind, Klaus and Charlotte Wedekind. 2002. "Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area." 10. SIL International.	EBALL		<4,000		1000-9999						Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		"West of Asella at the shores of Lake Zway."
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		1,000		1000-9999						Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				8.0728, 38.8476
	SIL electronic survey reports (SILESR), #2002-024		2001	Sociolinguistic survey report of the Zay language area		12	Previous version by appeared 2001 as “Second S.L.L.E. survey of the Zay language area” in «SLLE (Survey of little-known languages of Ethiopia) linguistic reports», v. 17.		SIL International				Gardner, Simon and Siebert, Ralph	Gardner, Simon and Ralph Siebert. 2001. "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Zay Language Area." 12. SIL International.	EBALL			1994			"Amharic is language of instruction in schools."	Amharic, Orominya	"Zay people have a positive attitude towards their mother tongue."	"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."		"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."
				World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			4,880		1000-9999						Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition				Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas		http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		4,880	4,880	1994	1000-9999	(SIL)				"Use of Zay is decreasing due to migration from the islands (the traditional homeland) to the lakeshore, where they become Oromo [orm] speakers."	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Ethiopia	"Oromia region: Lake Zway shores and east islands."
9780700711970			2007	Africa	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages			Christopher Moseley	Routledge		7		Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz	Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.								Amharic;		"[Zay's] number of speakers appears to be decreasing because of the dominant role of Amharic."

Zay

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<4,000

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1,000

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,880

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,880

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<4,000

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1,000

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,880

Bedroht

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,880

Diskussion

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