Lengue

Lengue is a language of the Niger–Congo branch, spoken in Equatorial Guinea. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language of southern Equatorial Guinea”.

6b · Threatened

At a glance

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

1countries

—scripts

1levels in the tree

6bEGIDS level

Facts

Name	Lengue
Also called	Molengue language, Molengue, Balengue language, Molendji language, Lengue language

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

family tree

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

where it is spoken

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

related languages

Language	ISO	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
lamLamba	`lam`		219,000	5 · Developing
kusKusaal	`kus`	+1	121,000	5 · Developing
bffBofi	`bff`		23,500	6a · Vigorous
zneZande	`zne`	+2		5 · Developing
mawMampruli	`maw`			2 · Provincial
bzaBandi	`bza`			5 · Developing
xonKonkomba	`xon`			5 · Developing
bkaBambukae	`bka`			6a · Vigorous
bunSherbro	`bun`			6a · Vigorous
kfzKoromfe	`kfz`			5 · Developing
bawMbili-Mbui	`baw`			6a · Vigorous
gngNgangam	`gng`
oubGlio-Ubi	`oub`			6b · Threatened
kniKanufi	`kni`			6a · Vigorous
xxbBoro	`xxb`			Extinct
syxSamay	`syx`			6b · Threatened

16 languages · click a column to sort · source: Wikidata