ISO 639-3 · ssyssy
Afroasiatic family
Saho
Saho is a language of the East Cushitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Wikidata counts about 271,180 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ssy- Glottocode
saho1246- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 28 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Saho |
|---|---|
| Also called | Saho language |
| All speakers | 271,180 |
| Written in | Latin script, Geʽez script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Saho
The branches above Saho, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Eritrea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationaltirTigrinyaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m2 · ProvincialaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialbejBejaAfroasiatic · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingtigTigreAfroasiatic · 800,0004 · EducationalnrbNaraNilo-Saharan · 80,0006a · VigorousbynBlinAfroasiatic · 70,0005 · Developing