Zenaga language
Zenaga (ISO 639-3 code zen) is a language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Senegal. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as severely endangered.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | zen |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | zena1248 |
| Family | Afro-Asiatic |
| Area | Africa |
| Countries | Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal |
| Endangerment | Severely Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Afro-Asiatic languages, nearest first.
- Arabic (Morocco)
- Hausa77,000,000 speakers
- Amharic57,000,000 speakers
- Somali22,000,000 speakers
- Hebrew9,000,000 speakers
- Awngi500,000 speakers
- Judeo-Moroccan Arabic258,930 speakers
- Bade250,000 speakers
- Judeo-Iraqi Arabic151,820 speakers
- Saya150,000 speakers
- North Mesopotamian Arabic140,000 speakers
- Mehri100,000 speakers
More about Zenaga
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.