ISO 639-3 · ajaaja
Nilo-Saharan family
Aja
Aja is a language of the Central Sudanic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in South Sudan. Wikidata describes it as “critically endangered Central Sudanic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aja- Glottocode
ajas1235- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Aja |
|---|---|
| Also called | Aja (Sudan), Aja language |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Aja
The branches above Aja, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in South Sudan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationshkShillukNilo-Saharan · 2 m5 · DevelopingdinDinkaNilo-Saharan · 1.4 machAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingnusNuerNilo-Saharan · 900,0004 · Educational