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ISO 639-3 · zizziz
Afroasiatic family

Zizilivakan

Zizilivakan is a language of the Biu–Mandara branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria. Wikidata describes it as “Chadic language of Cameroon and Nigeria”.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
ziz
Glottocode
zizi1238
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameZizilivakan
Also calledZizilivakan language, Ziziliveken, Àmzírív, Ziliva, Fali of Jilbu

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Afroasiatic to Zizilivakan

The branches above Zizilivakan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

309Afroasiaticfamily147Chadicbranch51Biu–MandarabranchzizZizilivakanlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Cameroon243 languages in the indexNigeria415 languages in the index

Also spoken in Cameroon

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication