ISO 639-3 · nsgnsg
Nilo-Saharan family
Ngasa
Ngasa is a language of the Eastern Nilotic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Kenya and Tanzania.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
nsg- Glottocode
ngas1238- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 10 Extinct
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
10EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ngasa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ngasa language |
Vitality
EGIDS 10 Extinct10
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Ngasa
The branches above Ngasa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Kenya
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mkikGikuyuNiger–Congo · 6.6 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · Vigorous