Noy, or Loo, is a nearly extinct language of Chad. In 1993 it had a population of 36 speakers, who lived in the Moyen-Chari and Mandoul regions, between Sarh, Djoli, Bédaya, Koumra, and Koumogo villages. Speakers are shifting to Sar, the lingua franca of regional capital Sarh.[2]

Noy
Loo
Native toChad
Native speakers
(36 cited 1993 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3noy
Glottolognoyy1238
ELPNoy

Further reading

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  • Palayer, Pierre. 1975. Note sur les noy du Moyen-Chari (Tchad). In Boyeldieu, Pascal and Palayer, Pierre (eds.), Les langues du groupe boua: études phonologiques, 196-219. N'Djamena: I.N.S.H.

References

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  1. Noy at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Connell, Bruce (2008), "Endangered Languages in Central Africa", in Brenzinger, Matthias (ed.), Language Diversity Endangered, Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 163–178