Ron language

Not to be confused with Roon language.
Ron
Native to Nigeria
Region Plateau State
Native speakers
180,000 (2006)[1]
Dialects
Bokkos
Daffo-Butura
Shagawu
Language codes
ISO 639-3 cla
Glottolog ronn1241  (Ron)[2]
mang1417  (Mangar)[3]

Ron (also known as Challa, Chala) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects include Bokkos, Daffo-Butura (incl. Mangar), Monguna (Shagawu, 20,000 speakers).[1] Blench (2006) considers these to be separate languages.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Ron at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ron". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mangar". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

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