Nyangia language

Nyangia
Nyang'i
Region	Uganda
Ethnicity	15,000 (2002 census)^[1]
Native speakers	20 (2011)^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Kuliak Nyangia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`nyp`
Glottolog	`nyan1313`^[2]

Nyangia (Nyang'i) is the nearly extinct Kuliak language of the Nyangea hunter-gatherers of northeastern Uganda. The 15,000 Nyangia have shifted to speaking Karamojong.

The name is variously spelled Gyangiya, Ngangea, Ngiangeya, Nuangeya, Nyangeya, Nyangiya, Nyuangia, and is also known as Poren (Ngapore, Niporen, Nipori, Upale).

References

1 2 Nyangia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nyang'i". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Uganda

Official languages

Indigenous languages

Bantu	Amba Gungu Khayo Gwere Khayo Kiga Kinyarwanda Luganda Luhya Marachi Masaba Nkore Nkore-Kiga Nyole Nyoro Ruuli Samia Singa Soga Talinga Tooro

Nilo-Saharan	Acholi Adhola Alur Aringa Bari Elgon Ik Karamojong Kuku Lango Lugbara Nyangia Pökoot Southern Luo Tepes Teso

Others	Kitara Nubi Oropom

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