ISO 639-3 · vedved
Indo-European family · creole or pidgin
Vedda
Vedda is a creole or pidgin of the Indo-Aryan branch (Indo-European), spoken in Sri Lanka. Wikidata counts about 300 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language of the Vedda people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ved- Glottocode
vedd1240- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 18 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Vedda |
|---|---|
| Also called | Veddah, Vedda language |
| All speakers | 300 |
| Written in | Sinhala script |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Vedda
The branches above Vedda, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.