ISO 639-3 · nymnym
Niger–Congo family
Nyamwezi
Nyamwezi is a language of the Sukuma-Nyamwezi branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 980,000 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
nym- Glottocode
nyam1276- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 17 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Nyamwezi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Nyamwezi language |
| All speakers | 980,000 |
| 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 Niger–Congo to Nyamwezi
The branches above Nyamwezi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
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 · EducationalayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · DevelopingkdeMakondeNiger–Congo · 1.7 m5 · Developing