ISO 639-3 · krskrs
Nilo-Saharan family
Kresh
Kresh is a language of the Central Sudanic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in South Sudan and Sudan.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
krs- Glottocode
gbay1288- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kresh |
|---|---|
| Also called | Gbaya, Gbaya (Sudan), Kresh-Ndogo, Kresh language, Gbaya-Ndogo |
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 Nilo-Saharan to Kresh
The branches above Kresh, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in South Sudan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationshkShillukNilo-Saharan · 2 m5 · DevelopingdinDinkaNilo-Saharan · 1.4 machAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingnusNuerNilo-Saharan · 900,0004 · Educational