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

Tiv

Tiv is a language of the Tivoid branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria. Wikidata describes it as “language of Nigeria”.

3 · Wider CommunicationLatn
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
tiv
Glottocode
tivv1240
Wikipedia
28 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
3EGIDS level

Facts

NameTiv
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Tiv

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch9TivoidbranchtivTivlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Cameroon243 languages in the indexNigeria415 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