ISO 639-3 · thkthk
Niger–Congo family
Tharaka
Tharaka is a language of the Central Kenya Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya. Wikidata counts about 176,000 speakers (2009).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
thk- Glottocode
thar1283- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 4 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tharaka |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tharaka language |
| All speakers | 176,000 (2009) |
| 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 Tharaka
The branches above Tharaka, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Kenya
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing