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अस्खलित बोलणाऱ्यामूळ भाषकांची संख्या

only in the hundreds

वापर होत असलेले क्षेत्र

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The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities
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Severely Endangered

अस्खलित बोलणाऱ्यामूळ भाषकांची संख्या

only in the hundreds

वापर होत असलेले क्षेत्र

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भाषक संख्या कल

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भाषक

द्वितीय भाषा बोलणाऱ्यांची आणि शिकणाऱ्यांची संख्या

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सेमी-स्पीकर्स (अर्ध-भाषक)

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मुले

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तरुण प्रौढ

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वयस्क प्रौढ

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म्हाताऱ्या व्यक्ती

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वांशिक लोकसंख्या

~10,000

Non-monolingual speakers

Almost all

More about speakers

"The number of ethnic Ayu might be as high as 10,000 given the relatively large settlements, but truly fluent speakers are probably only in the hundreds. Nonetheless, there are many individuals with a fragmentary knowledge of the language."

Year of info

2011

Location and Context

Countries

Nigeria

अक्षांश-रेखांशाचे निर्देशक (कोऑर्डिनेट्स)

9.293779, 8.615738

ठिकाणांचा तपशील

"Spoken in Ungwar Nungu village in Kaduna State, Nigeria... Ayu speakers live in the following villages: Kongon, Gwade, Tayu, Arau, Diger, Ikwa [=Mayir], Agamati, Anka Ambel and Amantu all in the hilly region around Fadan Ayu."

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भाषक मनोवृत्ती

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हस्तलेखन (लेखन पद्धती)

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स्पर्धक लेखनपद्धती (ऑर्थोग्राफिज्)

"Spoken in Ungwar Nungu village in Kaduna State, Nigeria... Ayu speakers live in the following villages: Kongon, Gwade, Tayu, Arau, Diger, Ikwa [=Mayir], Agamati, Anka Ambel and Amantu all in the hilly region around Fadan Ayu."

लेखनपद्धती (ऑर्थोग्राफी) बद्दल अधिक माहिती

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समुदायाकडून वापरल्या जाणाऱ्या इतर भाषा

Hausa

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Research on minority languages of Nigeria in 2001
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  4. The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities
    Roger Blench. 2011. "The Ayu Language of Central Nigeria and Its Affinities." Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Ninzic/Ayu%%20wordlist%%20paper.pdf.
    http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Ninzic/Ayu%%20wordlist%%20paper.pdf
  5. Bemerkungen zur Stellung des Ayu innerhalb der zentralen Plateau-Sprachen Nigerias
    Gerhardt, Ludwig. 2006. "Bemerkungen Zur Stellung Des Ayu Innerhalb Der Zentralen Plateau-Sprachen Nigerias." In Zwischen Bantu und Burkina: Festschrift für Gudrun Miehe zum 65.~Geburtstag, edited by Dymitr Ibriszimow and Kerstin Winkelmann. 14: 79-94. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
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