Nayi

NOZ

shifting

Alternate Names: Nao, Na’o

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 58% with Dizin ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Omotic
North
Dizoid

Demographics: 7,190 (2007 census). 1,140 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 12,000 (Dimmendaal 2007). L2 users: 1,880.

Language Use: Mainly adults. Also use Kafa [kbr].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 7%.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Ethiopia