ISO 639-3 · suksuk
Niger–Congo family
Sukuma
Jìsùgǔmà
Sukuma is a language of the Sukuma-Nyamwezi branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 5.4 m speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
suk- Glottocode
suku1261- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 25 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sukuma · Jìsùgǔmà |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sukuma language |
| All speakers | 5,430,000 |
| Written in | Latin 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 Niger–Congo to Sukuma
The branches above Sukuma, 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