Yeyi
Shiyeyi; Yeei; Yei; Ciyei; Koba; Kuba; Seyeyi; Seyei; Ceyei
Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Benue-Congo; Southern Bantoid
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yey
Tswana, Kalanga, English, Herero, Nambya, Ndebele, Khoesan, Kuhane, Deti
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"1100-1500 in Boteti."
2000
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Botswana, Namibia, Zambia
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Northwest, Boteti, Ghanzi District, Botswana; Namibia; Zambia
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Tswana, Kalanga, English, Herero, Nambya, Ndebele, Khoesan, Kuhane, Deti
With spouse, with children, among friends, at the lands or cattle post, by the chief, kgotla, at the clinic, singing to oneself, church, prayer, reading/writing
"Some Bible translation efforts were begun in the 1960's but no portions of the Bible were published. Recently the Kamanakao Association was formed by Yeyi speakers who are interested in developing and preserving their language."
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20000
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1992
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North-West District, Botswana; East Caprivi, Namibia
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"...in and around the Okavango Delta, Ngamiland, North-West District, Botswana; also in East Caprivi, Namibia"
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"...in and around the Okavango Delta, Ngamiland, North-West District, Botswana; also in East Caprivi, Namibia"
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"Yeyi is replaced by a dialect of Tswana."
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2010
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"20,000 in Botswana (R. Cook 2004). Ethnic population is 47,000 in Botswana."
2009
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Botswana; Namibia;
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"According to Prinsloo et al. (1982, vol. 12) 7.9%% of the Bayeyi people used Shiyeyi as their first home language during the early 1980's. When applied to the 1991 census data the figure would be 5,200 people."
1998
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Okavango Delta in Botswana.
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2000
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Botswana
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Seronga, Shobe, and Maun villages in Ngamiland
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Seronga, Shobe, and Maun villages in Ngamiland
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Tswana
Tswana often used by secondary school students outside the home and in the family
"It was thus discovered that in Shorobe, a village with a vast majority of Yeyi community members, Setswana was used almost exclusively not only in inter-ethnic conversations (e.g. communal beer-drinking with Tswana-speakers originating from outside Ngamiland) but also in family-internal everyday conversation in Yeyi households. Only elderly women, who still master the Yeyi language beside Setswana, occasionally made use of Yeyi insertions when casually discussing among themselves most recent events in the village."
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94,000
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20,000 Wayeyi in Botswana who have maintained their identity
2000
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~20,000
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"The number of people considering themselves to be Wayeyi might be around 20,000, but might also be considerably lower or higher. Another open question is to what extent the Wayeyi speak Shiyeyi."
1997
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"In and around the Okavongo delta in Ngamiland [Botswana], and in Caprivi in Namibia."
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"In and around the Okavongo delta in Ngamiland [Botswana], and in Caprivi in Namibia."
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Setswana;
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"It appears that around 80 percent of the Wayeyi school children speak Setswana as their first language."
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2005
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"Während Sommer & Vossen (1992: 407) für das Jarh 1995 circa 25.000 bis 30.000 Yeyi-Sprecher in Ngamiland vermuteten..."
2011
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Botswana, Namibia
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Okavango Delta, Ngamiland District, Northwest, Botswana; south Caprivi region, Namibia
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