ISO 639-3 · ssnssn
Afroasiatic family
Waata
Waata is a language of the Cushitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Kenya. Wikidata counts about 12,600 speakers (2009).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ssn- Glottocode
waat1238- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Waata |
|---|---|
| Also called | Waata language |
| All speakers | 12,600 (2009) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Waata
The branches above Waata, 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 · ProvincialsomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mkikGikuyuNiger–Congo · 6.6 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorouskamKambaNiger–Congo · 3.9 m4 · Educational