ISO 639-3 · taktak
Afroasiatic family
Tala
Tala is a language of the South Bauchi branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Nigeria. Wikidata counts 1,000 first-language speakers (1993). Wikidata describes it as “Chadic language of Nigeria”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tak- Glottocode
tala1295- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
1,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tala |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tala language |
| L1 speakers | 1,000 (1993) |
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 levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Tala
The branches above Tala, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
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