Dahalo

Cushitic language spoken by Dahalo people on the coast of Kenya, near the mouth of the Tana River
Intangible natural_language Q35143
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Dahalo

Summary

Dahalo is a natural language[1]. Dahalo draws 187 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #271 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dahalo is in the country of Kenya[3].
  • Dahalo's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Dahalo's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Dahalo's instance of is recorded as unwritten language[6].
  • Dahalo is a type of Cushitic[7].
  • Dahalo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dahalo language[8].
  • Dahalo's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+400'}[9].
  • Dahalo's UNESCO language status is recorded as 4 severely endangered[10].
  • Dahalo's indigenous to is recorded as Lamu County[11].
  • Dahalo's indigenous to is recorded as Tana River County[12].
  • Dahalo's indigenous to is recorded as Coast Province[13].
  • Dahalo's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/DAL[14].
  • Dahalo's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 8a Moribund[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4], modern language[5], and unwritten language[6]. Dahalo is a type of Cushitic[7].

Why It Matters

Dahalo draws 187 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #271 of 734).[2] Dahalo has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Dahalo is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Country Kenya
    Instance of
    Indigenous to Lamu County, Tana River County, Coast Province
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