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ISO 639-3 · nyynyy
Niger–Congo family

Nyakyusa

Nyakyusa is a language of the Rukwa branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania and Malawi.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
nyy
Glottocode
nyak1260
Wikipedia
12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameNyakyusa
Also calledNyakyusa-Ngonde, Nyakyusa language, IkyaNgonde, Kyangonde

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

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

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Nyakyusa

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch15RukwabranchnyyNyakyusalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Tanzania117 languages in the indexMalawi14 languages in the index

Also spoken in Tanzania

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing