Ron 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. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ron". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mangar". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ↑ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

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