ISO 639-3 · xwgxwg
Nilo-Saharan family
Kwegu
Kwegu is a language of the Surmic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Ethiopia.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
xwg- Glottocode
kweg1241- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kwegu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kwegu language, Koegu language |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Kwegu
The branches above Kwegu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ethiopia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalsomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalwalWolayttaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationtirTigrinyaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m2 · ProvincialgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialkbrKafaAfroasiatic · 1.5 m4 · Educational