ISO 639-3 · anuanu
Nilo-Saharan family
Anuak
Anuak is a language of the Western Nilotic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Ethiopia and South Sudan. Wikidata counts about 140,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Luo language in Ethiopia and South Sudan by the Anuak people.”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
anu- Glottocode
anua1242- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Anuak |
|---|---|
| Also called | Anuak language |
| All speakers | 140,000 |
| Written in | Geʽez script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Anuak
The branches above Anuak, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ethiopia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalsomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalwalWolayttaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationtirTigrinyaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m2 · ProvincialgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialkbrKafaAfroasiatic · 1.5 m4 · Educational