ISO 639-3 · yecyec
Indo-European family · creole or pidgin
Yenish
Yenish is a creole or pidgin of the West Germanic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France. Wikidata counts 16,000 first-language speakers (2006).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
yec- Glottocode
yeni1236- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 21 language editions
16,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Yenish |
|---|---|
| Also called | Yeniche language, yec, Yenish language, Yeniche |
| L1 speakers | 16,000 (2006) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
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 Indo-European to Yenish
The branches above Yenish, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Germany
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