ISO 639-3 · muumuu
unclassified · extinct or historical language
Yaaku
Yaaku is an extinct or historical language, spoken in Kenya. Wikidata describes it as “endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Kenya”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
muu- Glottocode
yaak1241- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Extinct
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
—levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Yaaku |
|---|---|
| Also called | Yaaku language |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Extinct
Languages at this levelwhere 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 mkikGikuyuNiger–Congo · 6.6 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · Vigorous