Atlantic-Congo · East Africa

Sukuma

Not endangered

Sukuma is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3suk
Glottocodesuku1261

Spoken in Tanzania

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Sukuma.

  1. Kimbu

    Threatened
    Wordlist or less

  2. Konongo-Ruwila

    Threatened
    Grammar sketch

  3. Nyamwezi

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  4. Sumbwa

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  5. Asu (Tanzania)

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  6. Bena (Tanzania)

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  7. Bende

    Shifting
    Long grammar

  8. Bondei

    Threatened
    Grammar sketch

Reference data for Sukuma from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)