ISO 639-3 · mvzmvz
Afroasiatic family
Mesqan
Mesqan is a language of the Gurage branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Ethiopia. Wikidata counts about 195,000 speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Gurage language of Ethiopia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mvz- Glottocode
mesq1240- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mesqan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mesqan language, Mäsqan |
| All speakers | 195,000 (2007) |
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 Mesqan
The branches above Mesqan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ethiopia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalsomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalwalWolayttaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationtirTigrinyaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m2 · ProvincialgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialkbrKafaAfroasiatic · 1.5 m4 · Educational