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ISO 639-3 · wwawwa
Niger–Congo family

Waama

Waama is a language of the Oti–Volta branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Benin.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
wwa
Glottocode
waam1244
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameWaama
Also calledWaama language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Waama

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch67Gurbranch22Oti–VoltabranchwwaWaamalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Benin46 languages in the index

Also spoken in Benin

fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialyorYorubaNiger–Congo · 40 m2 · ProvincialfonFonNiger–Congo · 1.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationguwGunNiger–Congo · 1.5 m5 · DevelopingajgAdjaNiger–Congo · 1.1 m5 · DevelopingkbpKabiyeNiger–Congo · 1 m5 · DevelopingdopLukpaNiger–Congo · 160,0005 · DevelopingmklMokoleNiger–Congo · 39,6005 · DevelopingddnDendiNilo-Saharan · 32,0503 · Wider Communication