ISO 639-3 · kamkam
Niger–Congo family
Kamba
Kamba is a language of the Central Kenya Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya. Wikidata counts about 3.9 m speakers (2009). Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language spoken in Kenya”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kam- Glottocode
kamb1297- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kamba |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kamba language, Kekamba language, Kikamba language, Kamba (Kenya) |
| All speakers | 3,893,000 (2009) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Kamba
The branches above Kamba, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
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 mayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing