ISO 639-3 · mhdmhd
Afroasiatic family · creole or pidgin
Mbugu
Mbugu is a creole or pidgin of the Cushitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language spoken in Tanzania”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mhd- Glottocode
mbug1240- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mbugu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mbugu language |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Mbugu
The branches above Mbugu, 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