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ISO 639-3 · buzbuz
Niger–Congo family

Bukwen

Bukwen is a language of the Beboid branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Nigeria.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
buz
Glottocode
bukw1238
Wikipedia
4 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
7levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameBukwen
Also calledBukwen language

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Bukwen

The branches above Bukwen, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch9BeboidbranchbuzBukwenlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Nigeria415 languages in the index

Also spoken in Nigeria

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpcmNigerian Pidginunclassified · 47.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialyorYorubaNiger–Congo · 40 m2 · ProvincialiboIgboNiger–Congo · 27 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mfuvNigerian FulfuldeNiger–Congo · 14.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationefiEfikNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider Communication