ISO 639-3 · koekoe
Nilo-Saharan family
Baleesi
Baleesi is a language of the Surmic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Ethiopia and South Sudan. Wikidata describes it as “Surmic language spoken in Ethiopia and South Sudan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
koe- Glottocode
kaci1244- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Baleesi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kacipo-Balesi, Kacipo-Bale Suri, Baale language, Baale, Baleesi language |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
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 Baleesi
The branches above Baleesi, 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