Wayu
[aka Hayu, Vayu, Wayo]Classification: Sino-Tibetan
·endangered
- DATE OF INFO
- 2011 census
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- PLACES
- Nepal
Language metadata
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Hayu, Vayu, Wayo, Vāyu |
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Sino-Tibetan, Kiranti |
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ISO 639-3 |
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vay |
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Language information by source
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Information from: “National Population and Housing Census 2011 (National Report)” .
Information from: “National Population and Housing Census 2011 (National Report)” .
Information from: “Hayu” (518-532) . Boyd Michailovsky (2003) , Graham Thurgood and Randy J. LaPolla · London & New York: Routledge
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Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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200
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'There are probably about 200 speakers, all bilingual in Nepali'
- MORE ON VITALITY
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'Since 1973 it has stopped being spoken by most children in Murajor, but it is still being learnt in Manedihi'
- PLACES
- Murajor village in Ramechhap District, Nepal and Manedihi village in Sindhuli District, Nepal
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
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Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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1,740
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Speaker number data (2001 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 1,821 (2001 census) to 2,826 (2000)
- DATE OF INFO
- 2001
- PLACES
- Nepal
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Janakpur zone, Ramechhap District, Mudajor and Sukajor villages; Sindhuli District, Manedihi village