ISO 639-3 · kczkcz
Niger–Congo family
Konongo
Konongo is a language of the Sukuma-Nyamwezi branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 51,000 speakers (1987).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kcz- Glottocode
kono1270- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 4 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Konongo |
|---|---|
| Also called | Konongo language |
| All speakers | 51,000 (1987) |
| Written in | Latin script |
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 levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Konongo
The branches above Konongo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Tanzania
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · DevelopingkdeMakondeNiger–Congo · 1.7 m5 · Developing