ISO 639-3 · wbjwbj
Afroasiatic family
Alagwa
Alagwa is a language of the South Cushitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts 53,000 first-language speakers (2009).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
wbj- Glottocode
alag1248- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
53,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Alagwa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Alagwa language |
| L1 speakers | 53,000 (2009) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Alagwa
The branches above Alagwa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Tanzania
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing