| Longuda | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Nigeria |
| Region | Adamawa State, Bauchi State |
| Ethnicity | Longuda people |
| Native speakers | ≈50,000 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Niger–Congo
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lnu |
Longuda is a Niger–Congo language of Nigeria. Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, of his Adamawa family. Boyd (1989) assigned it a branch within Waja–Jen. When Blench (2008) broke up Adamawa, Longuda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.
The number of speakers is unknown. Ethnologue cites a figure of 32,000 from 1973.
Variants of the name 'Longuda' include Languda, Longura, Nunguda, Nungura, Nunguraba.