Ayu
[alias Aya]Klassifizierung: Niger-Congo
·stark gefährdet
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Stark gefährdet
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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only in the hundreds
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~10,000
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"The number of ethnic Ayu might be as high as 10,000 given the relatively large settlements, but truly fluent speakers are probably only in the hundreds. Nonetheless, there are many individuals with a fragmentary knowledge of the language."
- DATUM DER INFORMATION
- 2001-2002
- NUTZUNGSBEREICHE
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- ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
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- VERBREITUNG
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- MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT
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"Many of the ethnic Ayu living [near Fadan Ayu] have only a limited command of the language. The dominant language is this area is Hausa and almost the entire population seems fluent in it... Children appear to have a passive knowledge of Ayu but do not speak it on a daily basis. Even the older generation are easily at a loss for words in Ayu and it seems that it is not spoken all that much on a daily basis. Despite this, the Ayu are intensely proud of their culture and history and it clear that Ayu identity is not under threat. Consequently the loss of the language could probably be reversed."
- ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
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Hausa
- ORTE
- Nigeria
- ORTSBESCHREIBUNG
"Spoken in Ungwar Nungu village in Kaduna State, Nigeria... Ayu speakers live in the following villages: Kongon, Gwade, Tayu, Arau, Diger, Ikwa [=Mayir], Agamati, Anka Ambel and Amantu all in the hilly region around Fadan Ayu."