Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 tnr
Ménik Language
Ménik is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 3,300 people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Ménik is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Ménik language
Ménik is spoken by about 3,300 people, which makes it the 550th most spoken language in the world — just behind Tokelau (3,300) and ahead of Tlicho (2,100). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Bedik-Bapen group within the Tenda branch.
Where is Ménik spoken?
Ménik is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Senegal (3,392).
Ménik is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Senegal.
Writing system and status
Ménik is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as vulnerable, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Bassari.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 tnr.
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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.