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Kwegu language

Kwegu (ISO 639-3 code xwg) is a language of the Surmic family spoken in Ethiopia. It has about 300 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as endangered.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codexwg
Glottocodekweg1241
FamilySurmic
AreaAfrica
CountriesEthiopia
Speakers (estimate)300
EndangermentEndangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Related languages

Other Surmic languages, nearest first.

More about Kwegu

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.