Noy language

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 to	Chad
Native speakers	(36 cited 1993 census)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mbum–Day Bua Noy
Language codes
ISO 639-3	noy
Glottolog	noyy1238
ELP	Noy

Further reading

• 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.