ISO 639-3 · agjagj
Afroasiatic family
Argobba
Argobba is a language of the Ethiopian Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Ethiopia. Wikidata counts about 43,700 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Ethiopian Semitic spoken in an area north-east of Addis Ababa by the Argobba people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
agj- Glottocode
argo1244- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Argobba |
|---|---|
| Also called | Argobba language |
| All speakers | 43,700 |
| Written in | Geʽez script |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Argobba
The branches above Argobba, 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 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalwalWolayttaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialkbrKafaAfroasiatic · 1.5 m4 · EducationalsgwSebat Bet GurageAfroasiatic · 1.5 m5 · DevelopingdrsGedeoAfroasiatic · 980,0004 · Educational