ISO 639-3 · mlwmlw
Afroasiatic family
Moloko
Moloko is a language of the Biu–Mandara branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. Wikidata counts about 8,500 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Afro-Asiatic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mlw- Glottocode
molo1266- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Moloko |
|---|---|
| Also called | Moloko language |
| All speakers | 8,500 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Moloko
The branches above Moloko, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Nigeria
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpcmNigerian Pidginunclassified · 47.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialyorYorubaNiger–Congo · 40 m2 · ProvincialiboIgboNiger–Congo · 27 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mfuvNigerian FulfuldeNiger–Congo · 14.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationefiEfikNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider Communication