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Zay language
Zay is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia. One of the Gurage languages, it is spoken by around 5,000 Zay people on the islands and shores of Lake Zway in the southern part of the country. The language is also known as Zway, Lak'i/Laqi, and, in the neighboring Oromo language, Gelilla.
==Language situation==
Zay is unwritten language. Most speakers are multilingual in Oromo, Amharic, and additional Gurage languages.〔Meyer, R. (2006). "The Zay Language (East-Gurage, Ethiopia)". Mainz University.〕 The language is geographically concentrated around Lake Zway, specifically in Hera, Meki, Ziway, Fundurro Island, Tsedecha Island, and Debre Sina Island. It is endangered, with speakers migrating to the mainland adopting the Oromo language, and increasing use of Oromo by the younger generations on the Zay islands.
Zay is 70% lexically similar with the Silt'e language, and 60% with Harari.〔Jordan, Linda; Netzley, Jillian; & Mohammed, Hussein (2011). "A Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Zay People in Ethiopia". SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2011-046: 43, 2011-046〕
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