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ISO 639-3 · cuhcuh
Niger–Congo family

Chuka

Chuka is a language of the Central Kenya Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language”.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
cuh
Glottocode
chuk1274
Wikipedia
4 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameChuka
Also calledGichuka, Chuka language

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Chuka

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch104Northeast Bantubranch9Central Kenya BantubranchcuhChukalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Kenya68 languages in the index

Also spoken in Kenya

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing