ISO 639-3 · dnjdnj
Niger–Congo family
Dan
Dan is a language of the Southeastern Mande branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Ivory Coast, Guinea and Liberia. Wikidata describes it as “Mande language of West Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
dnj- Glottocode
dann1241- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 15 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Dan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Dan language, Yacouba, Yaoba, Yakubasa, Gio |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Dan
The branches above Dan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ivory Coast
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalnqoN'KoNiger–Congo · 27 m9 · Second language onlyakaAkanNiger–Congo · 8.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationbamBambaraNiger–Congo · 4.2 m4 · EducationalmyqManinkaNiger–Congo · 3.3 mabrBonoNiger–Congo · 3 m5 · DevelopingdyuDyulaNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationbciBaouléNiger–Congo · 2.1 m5 · DevelopingmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingsnkSoninkeNiger–Congo · 1.1 m5 · Developing