ISO 639-3 · eloelo
Afroasiatic family · extinct or historical language
El Molo
El Molo is an extinct or historical language of the Western Omo–Tana branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Kenya. Wikidata describes it as “Cushitic language of Kenya”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
elo- Glottocode
elmo1238- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 9 Dormant
- UNESCO
- Extinct
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
6levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | El Molo |
|---|---|
| Also called | El Molo language, Elmolo language, Dehes language, Ldes language, Fura-Pawa language |
| All speakers | 0 |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Dormant9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Extinct
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to El Molo
The branches above El Molo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
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