ISO 639-3 · fipfip
Niger–Congo family
Fipa
Fipa is a language of the Nyika-Safwa branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 195,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language spoken in Tanzania”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fip- Glottocode
fipa1238- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Fipa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Fipa language |
| All speakers | 195,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
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 Fipa
The branches above Fipa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Tanzania
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing