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Nayi (also known as Nao) is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in western Ethiopia. The 2007 census listed 1998 census listed 7188 speakers; the 1998 census 3656 speakers with 1137 identified as monolinguals.Most of the speakers of the language live in two separated areas. The largest grouping live in Decha woreda of the Keffa Zone. The nearest city to their region is Bonga.