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Afro-Asiatic languages

Afro-Asiatic is a language family with 128 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in Africa, Africa, Eurasia, and Eurasia. The largest by number of speakers are Hausa, Amharic, and Somali. 123 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
Hausa6 countries77,000,000
AmharicDjibouti, Ethiopia57,000,000
SomaliDjibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia22,000,000
Hebrew5 countries9,000,000
AwngiEthiopia500,000At risk
Judeo-Moroccan ArabicIsrael, Morocco258,930At risk
BadeNigeria250,000At risk
Judeo-Iraqi ArabicUnited Kingdom, Israel, India, Iraq151,820At risk
SayaNigeria150,000Vulnerable
North Mesopotamian ArabicIraq, Jordan, Syria, Türkiye140,000At risk
MehriKuwait, Oman, Yemen100,000At risk
BilinEritrea90,000Vulnerable
TuroyoIraq, Lebanon, Syria, Türkiye84,000Vulnerable
NgizimNigeria80,000Vulnerable
WarjiNigeria77,700Vulnerable
ChenouaAlgeria76,300Vulnerable
Tahaggart Tamahaq5 countries62,000Vulnerable
NgamoNigeria60,000Vulnerable
GarreSomalia57,500Vulnerable
BudumaCameroon, Nigeria, Chad54,800Vulnerable
Judeo-Yemeni ArabicIsrael, Yemen51,000Vulnerable
Senhaja De SrairMorocco50,000Vulnerable
SoqotriUnited Arab Emirates, Yemen50,000Endangered
BurjiEthiopia, Kenya46,100Vulnerable
DangaléatChad45,000Vulnerable
TaznatitAlgeria, Morocco40,000Vulnerable
JiidduSomalia33,000Threatened
DaasanachEthiopia, Kenya, South Sudan32,064Vulnerable
DabaCameroon, Nigeria25,000Vulnerable
Nubi5 countries25,000Threatened
BanaCameroon23,000Vulnerable
TunniSomalia23,000Vulnerable
KabalaiChad17,885Vulnerable
WaataKenya17,400Vulnerable
SukurNigeria15,000Vulnerable
ArgobbaEthiopia10,860Vulnerable
AlagwaTanzania10,000Threatened
GhomaraMorocco10,000Threatened
LagwanCameroon, Nigeria, Chad10,000Vulnerable
MaakaNigeria10,000Vulnerable
NgwabaNigeria10,000Vulnerable
SiwiEgypt10,000Vulnerable
HulauláIsrael, Iran, United States9,500Threatened
Tidikelt TamazightAlgeria9,000Threatened
DassNigeria8,830Threatened
TsamaiEthiopia8,621Threatened
Pa'aNigeria8,000Threatened
Lishana DeniIsrael, Iraq7,500Threatened
Mawa (Chad)Chad6,560Threatened
NdamChad6,500Threatened
Tajiki ArabicAfghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan6,000Threatened
Temacine TamazightAlgeria6,000Threatened
MaslamCameroon, Chad5,500Threatened
BareinChad5,000Threatened
ShehriOman, Yemen5,000Threatened
SokoroChad5,000Threatened
TagargrentAlgeria5,000Threatened
GerumaNigeria4,700Threatened
Lishán DidánAzerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Iran4,450Threatened
ArboreEthiopia4,441Threatened
GhadamèsAlgeria, Libya, Tunisia4,000Threatened
ToramChad4,000Threatened
ZayEthiopia4,000Threatened
SiriNigeria3,800Endangered
BaisoEthiopia3,200Threatened
Jimi (Cameroon)Cameroon, Nigeria3,000Threatened
KariyaNigeria3,000Threatened
KoenoemNigeria3,000Threatened
KuttoNigeria3,000Threatened
ShaNigeria3,000Threatened
DahalikEritrea2,500Threatened
GadangChad2,500Threatened
ZerenkelChad2,500Threatened
AwjilahLibya2,000Threatened
Cypriot ArabicCyprus2,000Endangered
JilbeCameroon, Nigeria2,000Threatened
NggwahyiNigeria2,000Threatened
SaruaChad2,000Threatened
BussaEthiopia1,500Threatened
Jonkor BourmataguilChad1,500Threatened
UbiChad1,500Vulnerable
SabaChad1,340Threatened
Jimi (Nigeria)Nigeria1,000Severely Endangered
MajeraCameroon, Chad1,000Threatened
Mbara (Chad)Chad1,000Endangered
TalaNigeria1,000Threatened
HarsusiOman700Endangered
Uzbeki ArabicUzbekistan700Endangered
Bohtan Neo-AramaicGeorgia, Russia500Severely Endangered
HértevinTürkiye500Severely Endangered
MserCameroon, Chad500Severely Endangered
TamkiChad500Endangered
DahaloKenya400Endangered
HobyótOman, Yemen400Endangered
MiltuChad300Endangered
AweerKenya, Somalia200Endangered
MangasNigeria180Endangered
JuNigeria150Endangered
MandaicAustralia, Iraq, Iran, United States150Severely Endangered
BeeleNigeria120Endangered
BathariOman, Yemen100Severely Endangered
BoorChad100Severely Endangered
ZangwalNigeria100Endangered
BoonSomalia59Severely Endangered
PutaiNigeria50Severely Endangered
YaakuKenya50Severely Endangered
BureNigeria10Critically Endangered
MabireChad5Critically Endangered
BaldemuCameroon3Critically Endangered
LuriNigeria2Critically Endangered
AasáxTanzaniaDormant
BurungeTanzaniaEndangered
El MoloKenyaDormant
Guruntum-MbaaruNigeriaVulnerable
Judeo-Tripolitanian ArabicIsrael, Italy, LibyaVulnerable
KubiNigeriaDormant
Kw'adzaTanzaniaDormant
Lishanid NoshanIsrael, IraqSeverely Endangered
MalteseMalta
MesmesEthiopiaDormant
MlahsöSyria, TürkiyeDormant
QimantEritrea, EthiopiaSeverely Endangered
SawknahLibyaDormant
Western Neo-AramaicSyriaEndangered
ZariNigeriaDormant
ZenagaWestern Sahara, Mauritania, SenegalSeverely Endangered
ZizilivakanCameroon, NigeriaEndangered
ZumayaCameroonCritically Endangered

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.