ISO 639-3 · drbdrb
Nilo-Saharan family
Dair
Dair is a language of the Hill Nubian branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Sudan.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
drb- Glottocode
dair1239- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
6levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Dair |
|---|---|
| Also called | Dair language |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Dair
The branches above Dair, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Sudan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationbejBejaAfroasiatic · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingtigTigreAfroasiatic · 800,0004 · EducationalfvrFurNilo-Saharan · 746,0005 · Developing