ISO 639-3 · hiahia
Afroasiatic family
Lamang
Lamang is a language of the Biu–Mandara branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria. Wikidata describes it as “West African language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hia- Glottocode
lama1288- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Lamang |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lamang language, Laamang language |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Lamang
The branches above Lamang, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Cameroon
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication