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ISO 639-3 · ntkntk
Niger–Congo family

Ikoma

Ikoma is a language of the Great Lakes Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 36,000 speakers (2005).

6b · ThreatenedLatn36,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
ntk
Glottocode
ikom1245
Wikipedia
5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameIkoma
Also calledIkoma-Nata-Isenye, Ikoma language
All speakers36,000 (2005)
Written inLatin 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 level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Ikoma

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch104Northeast Bantubranch40Great Lakes BantubranchntkIkomalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Tanzania117 languages in the index

Also spoken in Tanzania

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · DevelopingkdeMakondeNiger–Congo · 1.7 m5 · Developing