Noy language

{{Short description|Nearly extinct language of Chad}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Noy

|nativename=Loo

|states=Chad

|speakers=36

|date=1993 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Mbum–Day

|fam4=Bua

|iso3=noy

|glotto=noyy1238

|glottorefname=Noy

}}

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.{{citation | contribution = Endangered Languages in Central Africa | pages = 163–178 | first = Bruce | last = Connell | year = 2008 | title = Language Diversity Endangered | editor-first = Matthias | editor-last = Brenzinger | publisher = Mouton de Gruyter}}