Nzanyi language

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Nzanyi
Native to Nigeria, Cameroon
Region Adamawa State
Native speakers
86,000  (ca. 1993)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nja

Nzanyi (also known as Njanyi, Nzangi, Njai, Njeny, Zani, Zany, Jeng, Jenge, Njei, Njeing, Kobotshi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Maiha LGA, and along the border in Cameroon. Dialects are Dede, Hoode, Lovi, Magara, Maiha, Mutidi, Nggwoli, Paka, and Rogede.[2]

Notes

  1. Nzanyi reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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