Jarawa language (Nigeria)

Not to be confused with Jarawa language (Andaman Islands).
Jarawa
Region eastern Nigeria, near Bauchi
Native speakers
 250,000 (dialects with ISO codes)  (2006–2011)[1]
Niger–Congo

  • Atlantic–Congo

Dialects
Zhár (Bankal)
Zugur (Duguri)
Gwak (Gingwak)
Ndaŋshi
Dòòrì
Mbat (Bada)
Mùùn
Kantana
Dàmùl
Language codes
ISO 639-3 jar – inclusive code
Individual codes:
jjr – Zhár (Bankal)
dbm – Zugur (Duguri)
bau – Mbat (Bada)
jgk – Gwak (Gingwak)
Glottolog jara1263[2]

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

Dialects are:

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

Kantana may be a distinct language.

References

  1. ↑ Jarawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Zhár (Bankal) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Zugur (Duguri) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Mbat (Bada) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Gwak (Gingwak) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Jarawa (Nigeria)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.