ISO 639-3 · bdpbdp
Niger–Congo family
Bende
Bende is a language of the Northeast Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 27,000 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bdp- Glottocode
bend1258- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
9levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bende |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bende language |
| All speakers | 27,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
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 Niger–Congo to Bende
The branches above Bende, 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