ISO 639-3 · kookoo
Niger–Congo family
Konjo
Konjo is a language of the Great Lakes Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Wikidata counts about 609,000 speakers (2002). Wikidata describes it as “a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Konjo people in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
koo- Glottocode
konz1239- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Konjo |
|---|---|
| Also called | Konjo language, Lhukonzo, Olukonzo, Rukonjo, Konjo |
| All speakers | 609,000 (2002) |
| 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 Konjo
The branches above Konjo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Democratic Republic of the Congo
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationallinLingalaNiger–Congo · 20 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mswcCongo SwahiliNiger–Congo · 9.1 m2 · ProvincialluaLuba-KasaiNiger–Congo · 6.3 m2 · ProvincialkonKongoNiger–Congo · 5 mSafebemBembaNiger–Congo · 3.6 m2 · ProvinciallebLala-Bisaunclassified · 580,0005 · DevelopingsagSangoNiger–Congo · 500,0001 · NationaltapTabwaNiger–Congo · 382,0005 · Developing