tonguesstuttering.ws · world languages
Find a language Advertise
tonguesstuttering.ws · world languages
AdvertiseAbout the data
  1. stuttering.ws
  2. Niger–Congo
  3. Great Lakes Bantu
  4. Kuria
ISO 639-3 · kujkuj
Niger–Congo family

Kuria

Kuria is a language of the Great Lakes Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya and Tanzania.

5 · DevelopingLatn
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
kuj
Glottocode
kuri1259
Wikipedia
12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameKuria
Also calledKuria language
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Kuria

The branches above Kuria, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch104Northeast Bantubranch40Great Lakes BantubranchkujKurialanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Kenya68 languages in the indexTanzania117 languages in the index

Also spoken in Kenya

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mkikGikuyuNiger–Congo · 6.6 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · Vigorous