ISO 639-3 · ankank
Afroasiatic family
Goemai
Goemai is a language of the West Chadic A branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Chad and Nigeria. Wikidata counts about 347,005 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Afro-Asiatic language of Nigeria”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ank- Glottocode
goem1240- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Goemai |
|---|---|
| Also called | Goemai language |
| All speakers | 347,005 |
| Written in | Latin script |
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 levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Goemai
The branches above Goemai, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Chad
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingfvrFurNilo-Saharan · 746,0005 · DevelopingsagSangoNiger–Congo · 500,0001 · NationalmdeMabaNilo-Saharan · 296,0003 · Wider CommunicationmneNabaNilo-Saharan · 280,0006a · Vigorous