ISO 639-3 · botbot
Nilo-Saharan family
Bongo
Bongo is a language of the Bongo–Bagirmi branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in South Sudan.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bot- Glottocode
bong1285- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bongo |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bongo language |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Bongo
The branches above Bongo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in South Sudan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationshkShillukNilo-Saharan · 2 m5 · DevelopingdinDinkaNilo-Saharan · 1.4 machAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingnusNuerNilo-Saharan · 900,0004 · Educational