ISO 639-3 · bcqbcq
Afroasiatic family
Bench
Bench is a language of the Omotic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Ethiopia. Wikidata counts about 347,000 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bcq- Glottocode
benc1235- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Wikipedia
- 15 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bench |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bench language |
| All speakers | 347,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Geʽez script |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Bench
The branches above Bench, 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 · NationaltirTigrinyaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m2 · ProvincialgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialsgwSebat Bet GurageAfroasiatic · 1.5 m5 · DevelopingdrsGedeoAfroasiatic · 980,0004 · Educational