ISO 639-3 · jbnjbn
Afroasiatic family
Nafusi
Nafusi is a language of the Eastern Berber branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Libya. Wikidata counts about 140,000 speakers (2006). Wikidata describes it as “Amazigh (Berber) language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
jbn- Glottocode
nafu1238- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 21 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Nafusi |
|---|---|
| All speakers | 140,000 (2006) |
| Written in | Latin script, Tifinagh |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Nafusi
The branches above Nafusi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken