ISO 639-3 · ancanc
Afroasiatic family
Ngas
Ngas is a language of the Angas branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Nigeria. Wikidata counts about 400,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “West Chadic language of Nigeria”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
anc- Glottocode
ngas1240- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ngas |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ngas language, Angas language |
| All speakers | 400,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Ngas
The branches above Ngas, 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