ISO 639-3 · nqonqo
Niger–Congo family
N'Ko
N'Ko is a language of the Mande branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Guinea, Mali and Ivory Coast. Wikidata counts about 27 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “koiné language of Western Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
nqo- Glottocode
nkoa1234- Family
- Niger–Congo
- Centre point
- 11.90, -11.10
- Wikipedia
- 21 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | N'Ko |
|---|---|
| Also called | NKo, N’Ko language, NKo language |
| All speakers | 27,000,000 |
| Written in | N’ko |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Second language only9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to N'Ko
The branches above N'Ko, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Guinea
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalfucPulaarNiger–Congo · 4.5 m5 · DevelopingbscBassariNiger–Congo · 33,6005 · DevelopingldmLandomaNiger–Congo · 15,0006a · VigorouskpeKpelleNiger–CongodnjDanNiger–Congo5 · DevelopingpbpBadyaraNiger–Congo6a · VigorousmevManoNiger–Congo5 · DevelopingnajNaluNiger–Congo6a · VigorouscouWameyNiger–Congo6b · Threatened