ISO 639-3 · dlkdlk
Afroasiatic family
Dahalik
Dahalik is a language of the Ethiopian Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Eritrea. Wikidata counts about 2,500 speakers (2005). Wikidata describes it as “North Ethiopic language spoken exclusively in Eritrea off the coast of Massawa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
dlk- Glottocode
daha1247- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Centre point
- 15.73, 40.08
- Wikipedia
- 20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Dahalik |
|---|---|
| Also called | Dahaalik, Dahlak, Dahalik language, dlk |
| All speakers | 2,500 (2005) |
| Written in | Geʽez script |
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: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Dahalik
The branches above Dahalik, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Eritrea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 maarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialbejBejaAfroasiatic · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingssySahoAfroasiatic · 271,1805 · DevelopingnrbNaraNilo-Saharan · 80,0006a · VigorousbynBlinAfroasiatic · 70,0005 · DevelopingkunKunamaunclassified4 · Educational