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ISO 639-3 · sbksbk
Niger–Congo family

Safwa

Safwa is a language of the Nyika-Safwa branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
sbk
Glottocode
safw1238
Wikipedia
6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameSafwa
Also calledSafwa language

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

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 Safwa

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch15Rukwabranch13Nyika-SafwabranchsbkSafwalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Tanzania117 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