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ISO 639-3 · myjmyj
Niger–Congo family

Mangaya

Mangaya is a language of the Sere branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in South Sudan. Wikidata describes it as “language from South Sudan”.

8b · Nearly Extinct
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
myj
Glottocode
mang1387
Wikipedia
7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
7levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level

Facts

NameMangaya
Also calledMangayat, Mangaya language

Vitality

EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b

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

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Mangaya

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch53Adamawa–Ubangibranch34Ubangianbranch9Sere-Ngbaka-Mbabranch9SerebranchmyjMangayalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

South Sudan63 languages in the index

Also spoken in South Sudan

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationshkShillukNilo-Saharan · 2 m5 · DevelopingdinDinkaNilo-Saharan · 1.4 machAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingnusNuerNilo-Saharan · 900,0004 · Educational