ISO 639-3 · kajkaj
Niger–Congo family
Jju
Jju is a language of the Central Plateau branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Nigeria. Wikidata counts about 600,000 speakers (2020). Wikidata describes it as “Niger–Congo language spoken in central Nigeria”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kaj- Glottocode
jjuu1238- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- 10.33, 7.75
- Wikipedia
- 20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Jju |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kaje language, Jju language |
| All speakers | 600,000 (2020) |
| Written in | Latin script |
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 Niger–Congo to Jju
The branches above Jju, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Nigeria
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpcmNigerian Pidginunclassified · 47.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialyorYorubaNiger–Congo · 40 m2 · ProvincialiboIgboNiger–Congo · 27 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mfuvNigerian FulfuldeNiger–Congo · 14.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationefiEfikNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider Communication