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ISO 639-3 · nyfnyf
Niger–Congo family

Giryama

Giryama is a language of the Northeast Coast Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
nyf
Glottocode
giry1241
Wikipedia
6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameGiryama
Also calledGiryama language, Giryama dialect

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 Giryama

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

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

Countries

Kenya68 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