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ALSO KNOWN AS		Zayse, Zayse-Zergulla, Zaysse, Zeyse
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Omotic, Ometo
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		zay
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Zergulla Zayse
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Information from: “Documentation and Grammatical Description of Zaysete” . Yeshimebet Bogale (2017)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
21,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
17,797
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
10,842
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
7,625 Zergulla; 10,172 Zayse.

DATE OF INFO: 1994

300 (Zergulla)
Native speakers worldwide

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "[Zergulla's] speakers are in the process of shifting to another Omotic language, Zaysse, a major language in the area with around 12,000 speakers at present."

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Mainly west of Lake Chamo, Ethiopia."

Vulnerable

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DOMAINS OF USE

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"It was stressed that this language will continue to be used for generations."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Amharic
Oromo

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"40% are said to speak Oromo ... Zayse is by far the most commonly used language in all domains of daily life. Except Amharic in church."

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Elgo, some 30 kms south of Arba Minch... is said to be the main settlement."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
17,800
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
11,232
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data on speaker number is from the 1994 census. "3,000 monolinguals. 10,172 Zayse, 7,625 Zergulla." "Ethnic population includes 10,842 Zayse, 390 Zergulla." The ethnic population data is from the 1994 census.

DATE OF INFO: 1994

		October		2017	Documentation and Grammatical Description of Zaysete										Addis Ababa University	http://etd.aau.edu.et/bitstream/handle/123456789/16311/Yeshimebet%20Bogale.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y	Yeshimebet Bogale				21,000		10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0199255911				2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures				Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press		New York						2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.															5.91666666667, 37.3333333333
			16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis	SIL International		Dallas, TX				http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	11,232	17,800	1994	10000-99999	Data on speaker number is from the 1994 census. "3,000 monolinguals. 10,172 Zayse, 7,625 Zergulla." "Ethnic population includes 10,842 Zayse, 390 Zergulla." The ethnic population data is from the 1994 census.					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	SIL electronic survey reports (SILESR), #2002-025			2001	Sociolinguistic survey report of the languages of the Abbaya/Chamo area of Ethiopia		33	Earlier version appeared 1994 as “Languages of the Abbaya/Chamo area: report. Part I” in «SLLE (Survey of little-known languages of Ethiopia) linguistic reports», v. 21.		SIL International	pt. 1						Siebert, Ralph and Hoeft, Lydia	Siebert, Ralph and Lydia Hoeft. 2001. "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Languages of the Abbaya/Chamo Area of Ethiopia." pt. 1: 33. SIL International.	EBALL						Amharic in church	Amharic, Oromo	"40% are said to speak Oromo ... Zayse is by far the most commonly used language in all domains of daily life. Except Amharic in church."	Many	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"It was stressed that this language will continue to be used for generations."	11	"Elgo, some 30 kms south of Arba Minch... is said to be the main settlement."
				1998	1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia, Results at Country Level			Reproduced online by Hudson, 2006		Central Statistical Office	1	Addis Ababa	Office of Population and Housing Census Commission			https://www.msu.edu/~hudson/Ethlgslist.htm		1998. "1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia, Results At Country Level." 1: Central Statistical Office. Online: https://www.msu.edu/~hudson/Ethlgslist.htm.		10,842	17,797	1994	10000-99999	7,625 Zergulla; 10,172 Zayse.					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
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.			300 (Zergulla)						"[Zergulla's] speakers are in the process of shifting to another Omotic language, Zaysse, a major language in the area with around 12,000 speakers at present."					"Mainly west of Lake Chamo, Ethiopia."

Zaysé-Zergulla

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

21,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17,797

300 (Zergulla)

Vulnerable

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17,800

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Zaysé-Zergulla

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

21,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17,797

300 (Zergulla)

Vulnerable

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17,800

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