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ISO 639-3 · nbhnbh
Afroasiatic family

Ngamo

Ngamo is a language of the Bole–Tangale branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Nigeria. Wikidata counts about 60,000 speakers.

6a · VigorousLatn60,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
nbh
Glottocode
ngam1282
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameNgamo
Also calledNgamo language
All speakers60,000
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Afroasiatic to Ngamo

The branches above Ngamo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

309Afroasiaticfamily147Chadicbranch54West Chadicbranch31West Chadic Abranch15Bole–TangalebranchnbhNgamolanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Nigeria415 languages in the index

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