ISO 639-3 · rufruf
Niger–Congo family
Luguru
Luguru is a language of the Northeast Coast Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 692,000 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ruf- Glottocode
lugu1238- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Luguru |
|---|---|
| Also called | Luguru language |
| All speakers | 692,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
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 Niger–Congo to Luguru
The branches above Luguru, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Tanzania
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing