Jarawa language (Nigeria)

Not to be confused with Jarawa language (Andaman Islands).

Jarawa
Spoken in	eastern Nigeria, near Bauchi
Native speakers	unknown (150,000 cited 1978)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu? (Zone A) Mbam Jarawan Nigerian Jarawan Jarawa
Dialects	Zhár (Bankal) Zugur (Duguri) Gwak (Gingwak) Ndaŋshi Dòòrì Mbat (Bada) Mùùn Kantana Dàmùl
Language codes
ISO 639-3	variously: `jar` – Zhár, etc. `dbm` – Zugur (Duguri) `bau` – Mbat (Bada)

Jarawa (also known as Jar, Jara, or in Hausa Jaranchi) is the most populous of the Bantoid Jarawan languages of eastern Nigeria.

Dialects are:

Zhár (Bankal), Zugur (Duguri), Gwak (Gingwak), Ndaŋshi, Dòòrì, Mbat (Bada), Mùùn, Kantana, Dàmùl.

Zugur and Mbat currently have separate ISO 639-3 codes, and there is a proposal [1] to add codes for Zhar, Gwak, and Kantana, with [jar] being retained for the overall dialect cluster.