Atlantic-Congo · East Africa

Yao

Not endangered

Yao is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3yao
Glottocodeyaoo1241

Spoken in Malawi · Mozambique · Tanzania · Zambia

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Yao.

  1. Mwera (Chimwera)

    Not endangered
    Grammar

  2. Machinga

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  3. Makonde

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  4. Makwe

    Threatened
    Long grammar

  5. Matengo

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  6. Matumbi

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  7. Mpoto

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  8. Ndendeule

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

Reference data for Yao from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)