ISO 639-3 · aasaas
Afroasiatic family · extinct or historical language
Asa
Asa is an extinct or historical language of the South Cushitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata describes it as “Cushitic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aas- Glottocode
aasa1238- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- UNESCO
- Extinct
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Asa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Aasáx, Aasax, Asa language |
| Kind | extinct or historical 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: Extinct
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Asa
The branches above Asa, 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