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ISO 639-3 · digdig
Niger–Congo family

Digo

Digo is a language of the Northeast Coast Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya and Tanzania. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language”.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
dig
Glottocode
digo1243
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameDigo
Also calledChidigo, Digo language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

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 Digo

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch104Northeast Bantubranch34Northeast Coast BantubranchdigDigolanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Kenya68 languages in the indexTanzania117 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 mkikGikuyuNiger–Congo · 6.6 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · Vigorous