Nyang'i
[aka Nuangeya, Nyuangia, Nyangiya]Classification: Kuliak
·critically endangered
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Nuangeya, Nyuangia, Nyangiya, Nyangia, Ngangea, Gyangiya, Nyangeya, Ngiangeya, Nipori, Niporen, Poren, Ngapore, Upale, Nyangi |
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Kuliak |
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nyp |
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Language information by source
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Information from: “One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost” . Peter Austin (2008) University of California
Information from: “One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost” . Peter Austin (2008) University of California
Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
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Critically endangered
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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A few elderly speakers
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"Only a few elderly people still speak Nyang'i as a first language."
- TRANSMISSION
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- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Dodos Karimojong
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
"Their dominant language is a variety of the Nilotic language Karimojong, known as Dodos."
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
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No known speakers
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15,282
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No known speakers. Ethnic population: 15,282 Nyangia (2002 census)
- DATE OF INFO
- 2002 (census)
- PLACES
- Uganda;
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: “A survey on language death in Africa” (402) . Sommer, Gabriele (1992) , Brenzinger, Matthias · Mouton de Gruyter
- DATE OF INFO
- 1983
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Dodos
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
"younger people speak Dodos nowadays"
- PLACES
- Uganda
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"southern ranges of the Nyangeya Mountains along the boundary of Karamoja and Acholi Districts"