| Ahwai | |
|---|---|
| Ndunic | |
| Spoken in | Nigeria |
| Native speakers | 8,000 (2003) |
| Language family | |
| Dialects |
Ndun
Nyeng
Shakara
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nfd |
| Nandu | |
| person | aner andùn |
| people | bener andùn |
| language | indùn |
| Ningon | |
| person | anyeŋ |
| people | banyeŋ |
| language | hanyeŋ |
| Tari | |
| person | kùʃákárá |
| people | úʃàkárá |
| language | ìʃákárá |
Ahwai, or Ndunic, constitutes a branch of the Plateau languages of Nigeria. Blench (2008) notes three clearly but distinct Ndunic languages, Nandu aka Ndun, Ningon aka Nyeng, and Tari aka Shakara. However, that year Ethnologue reclassified them as a single language called Ahwai.