ISO 639-3 · ziwziw
Niger–Congo family
Zigula
Zigula is a language of the Northeast Coast Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 355,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ziw- Glottocode
zigu1244- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Zigula |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mushunguli |
| All speakers | 355,000 |
| 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 Niger–Congo to Zigula
The branches above Zigula, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Tanzania
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing