tonguesstuttering.ws · world languages
Find a language Advertise
tonguesstuttering.ws · world languages
AdvertiseAbout the data
  1. stuttering.ws
  2. Niger–Congo
  3. Sawabantu
  4. Suwu
ISO 639-3 · szvszv
Niger–Congo family

Suwu

Suwu is a language of the Sawabantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language of Cameroon”.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
szv
Glottocode
isuf1235
Wikipedia
8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameSuwu
Also calledIsu (Fako Division), Suwu language

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
UNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Suwu

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch46Northwest Bantubranch6SawabantubranchszvSuwulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Cameroon243 languages in the index

Also spoken in Cameroon

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication