ISO 639-3 · cggcgg
Niger–Congo family
Kiga
Kiga is a language of the Great Lakes Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Uganda. Wikidata counts about 2.4 m speakers (2014). Wikidata describes it as “language of the Kiga people (Bakiga) in Uganda.”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cgg- Glottocode
chig1238- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Wikipedia
- 15 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kiga |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kiga language, Chiga |
| All speakers | 2,390,000 (2014) |
| 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 Kiga
The branches above Kiga, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Uganda
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mlugLugandaNiger–Congo · 5.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationlajLangoNilo-Saharan · 2.1 m5 · DevelopingachAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingbfaBariNilo-Saharan · 480,0003 · Wider CommunicationadhAdholaNilo-Saharan · 480,0005 · DevelopingkcnNubiArabic-based pidgin and creole languages · 42,0006b · ThreatenedrwmAmbaNiger–Congo · 40,1006b · Threatened