ISO 639-3 · xmaxma
Niger–Congo family
Mushungulu
Mushungulu is a language of the Northeast Coast Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Somalia. Wikidata counts about 23,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
xma- Glottocode
mush1238- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 2 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mushungulu |
|---|---|
| All speakers | 23,000 |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Mushungulu
The branches above Mushungulu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Somalia
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalsomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousymmMaayAfroasiatic5 · DevelopingbnlBoonAfroasiatic8a · MoribundgaxBoranaAfroasiatic5 · Developing