Jarawa language (Nigeria)
Jarawa | |
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Region | eastern Nigeria, near Bauchi |
Native speakers | 250,000 (dialects with ISO codes) (2006–2011)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
jar – inclusive codeIndividual 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.
Its dialects are:
- Zhár (Bankal)
- Zugur (Duguri)
- Gwak (Gingwak)
- Ndaŋshi
- Dòòrì
- Mbat (Bada)
- Mùùn
- Kantana
- Dàmùl.
Kantana may be a distinct language.
References
- ↑ 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) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Jarawa (Nigeria)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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