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Name:
Wayu
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Hayu; Vayu; Wayo; Vāyu
Spoken in:
Nepal
Number of speakers:
1,740 (2001 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 1,821 (2001 census) to 2,826 (2000)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
200
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1743
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
vay
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup:
Chepang (chep)
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Wayu
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