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Name:
Yeyi
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Shiyeyi; Yeei; Yei; Ciyei; Koba; Kuba
Spoken in:
Botswana, Namibia
Number of speakers:
20,000 in Botswana (2004 R. Cook). Population total all countries: 24,000. Ethnic population: 47,000 in Botswana
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
20000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
25200
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
yey
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Yeye (R.40) (yeye)
Child Dialect:
Shirwanga (yey-shi)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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