ISO 639-3 · tantan
Afroasiatic family
Tangale
Tangale is a language of the Tangalic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Nigeria. Wikidata counts about 130,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “West Chadic language spoken in Nigeria”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tan- Glottocode
nucl1696- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tangale |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tangale language |
| All speakers | 130,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
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 Tangale
The branches above Tangale, 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