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  4. Kamwe
ISO 639-3 · highig
Afroasiatic family

Kamwe

Kamwe is a language of the Biu–Mandara branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Nigeria.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
hig
Glottocode
kamw1239
Wikipedia
9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameKamwe
Also calledKamwe language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Afroasiatic to Kamwe

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

309Afroasiaticfamily147Chadicbranch51Biu–MandarabranchhigKamwelanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Nigeria415 languages in the index

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