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  4. Sha
ISO 639-3 · scwscw
Afroasiatic family

Sha

Sha is a language of the Ron branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Nigeria. Wikidata counts about 3,000 speakers.

6b · Threatened3,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
scw
Glottocode
shaa1247
Wikipedia
8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameSha
Also calledSha language
All speakers3,000

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Afroasiatic to Sha

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

309Afroasiaticfamily147Chadicbranch54West Chadicbranch31West Chadic Abranch7RonbranchscwShalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Nigeria415 languages in the index

Also spoken in Nigeria

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpcmNigerian Pidginunclassified · 47.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialyorYorubaNiger–Congo · 40 m2 · ProvincialiboIgboNiger–Congo · 27 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mfuvNigerian FulfuldeNiger–Congo · 14.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationefiEfikNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider Communication