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Name: Yao Type: Language Alternate Names: Yao (in Malawi); Chiyao; Achawa; Adsawa; Adsoa; Ajawa; Ayawa; Ayo; Ayao; Djao; Haiao; Hiao; Hyao; Jao; Veiao; Wajao; Ciyao; Hajao; Chichawa; Yao, ci- Spoken in: Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique Number of speakers: 1,000,000 in Malawi (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 1,916,000 (Ethnologue) Code: yao Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian) Parent Subgroup: Yao (P.20); Group P.20 (yaoo) Child Dialects: Makale; Cimakale (yao-mak) Machinga (yao-mac) Massaninga; Cimassaninga (yao-mas) Chikonono; Cikonono (yao-chi) Mangoche; Mangochi (yao-man) Tunduru Yao (yao-tun)