ISO 639-3 · kthkth
Nilo-Saharan family
Karanga
Karanga is a language of the Maban branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Chad. Wikidata counts about 10,000 speakers (1999). Wikidata describes it as “Maban language spoken in Chad”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kth- Glottocode
kara1484- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Karanga |
|---|---|
| Also called | Karanga language |
| All speakers | 10,000 (1999) |
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 levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Karanga
The branches above Karanga, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Chad
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingfvrFurNilo-Saharan · 746,0005 · DevelopingsagSangoNiger–Congo · 500,0001 · NationalankGoemaiAfroasiatic · 347,0056b · Threatened