Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 anw
Anaang Language
Anaang is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.4 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Anaang is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Anaang language
Anaang is spoken by about 1.4 million people, which makes it the 388th most spoken language in the world — just behind Tai Dam (1.4 million) and ahead of Bukusu (1.4 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Okop Usem group within the Benue-Congo branch.
Where is Anaang spoken?
Anaang is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Nigeria (1.4 million).
Anaang is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Anaang is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Efik, Ibibio, Swahili, Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 anw.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.