ISO 639-3 · doxdox
Afroasiatic family
Bussa
Bussa is a language of the Oromoid branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Ethiopia. Wikidata counts about 19,020 speakers (2007).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
dox- Glottocode
buss1239- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 15 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bussa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bussa language |
| All speakers | 19,020 (2007) |
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 levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Bussa
The branches above Bussa, 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