ISO 639-3 · okioki
Nilo-Saharan family · extinct or historical language
Ogiek
Ogiek is an extinct or historical language of the Southern Nilotic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Kenya.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
oki- Glottocode
okie1245- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- UNESCO
- Extinct
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ogiek |
|---|---|
| Also called | Okiek, Akiek, Ogiek language |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Extinct
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Ogiek
The branches above Ogiek, 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