Wayu
[aka Hayu, Vayu, Wayo]Classification: Sino-Tibetan
·endangered
Classification: Sino-Tibetan
·endangered
Hayu, Vayu, Wayo, Vāyu |
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Sino-Tibetan, Kiranti |
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Speaker number data (2001 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 1,821 (2001 census) to 2,826 (2000)
Janakpur zone, Ramechhap District, Mudajor and Sukajor villages; Sindhuli District, Manedihi village
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Hayu” (518-532) . Boyd Michailovsky (2003) , Graham Thurgood and Randy J. LaPolla · London & New York: Routledge
'There are probably about 200 speakers, all bilingual in Nepali'
'Since 1973 it has stopped being spoken by most children in Murajor, but it is still being learnt in Manedihi'