ISO 639-3 · zenzen
Afroasiatic family
Zenaga
Zenaga is a language of the Berber branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Mauritania and Senegal. Wikidata counts about 200 speakers (2018). Wikidata describes it as “moribund Amazigh (Berber) language of Mauritania and Senegal”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
zen- Glottocode
zena1248- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- Wikipedia
- 32 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Zenaga |
|---|---|
| Also called | Zenaga language, Amazigh Zenaga language |
| All speakers | 200 (2018) |
| Written in | Berber Arabic alphabet |
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 levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Zenaga
The branches above Zenaga, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
