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ISO 639-3 · dekdek
Niger–Congo family

Dek

Dek is a language of the Gbaya-Manza-Ngbaka branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
dek
Glottocode
dekk1240
Wikipedia
4 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameDek
Also calledDek language

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 level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Dek

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch11Gbaya-Manza-NgbakabranchdekDeklanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Cameroon243 languages in the index

Also spoken in Cameroon

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication