Endangered Languages Project - Nyang'i

Nyang'i

^{[aka Nuangeya, Nyuangia, Nyangiya]}

Classification: Kuliak

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Nuangeya, Nyuangia, Nyangiya, Nyangia, Ngangea, Gyangiya, Nyangeya, Ngiangeya, Nipori, Niporen, Poren, Ngapore, Upale, Nyangi
CLASSIFICATION		Kuliak
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nyp
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost” . Peter Austin (2008) University of California

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
A few elderly speakers
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Only a few elderly people still speak Nyang'i as a first language."

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Their dominant language is a variety of the Nilotic language Karimojong, known as Dodos."

No known speakers
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
15,282
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
No known speakers. Ethnic population: 15,282 Nyangia (2002 census)

DATE OF INFO: 2002 (census)

PLACES: Uganda;

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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"