ISO 639-3 · irkirk
Afroasiatic family
Iraqw
Iraqw is a language of the Cushitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 460,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Cushitic language spoken in Tanzania in the Arusha and Manyara Regions”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
irk- Glottocode
iraq1241- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 19 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Iraqw |
|---|---|
| Also called | Iraqw language |
| All speakers | 460,000 |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Iraqw
The branches above Iraqw, 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