Wayu

Facts

  • Language: Wayu
  • Alternate names: Hayu, Vayu, Wayo, Vāyu
  • Language code: vay
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Himalayan, Kiranti, Western (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 1520
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Devanagari script.

More information:

    Strong Nepali (See: [[Nepali]]) influences in phonology, lexicon, and grammar (Matisoff 1991). Traditional religion, Hindu.

    Wayu is spoken in Nepal, South Asia.