Laru language

Laru
Shen
Native to Nigeria
Region Niger State
Native speakers
 6,000 (1995–2014)[1]
Dialects
  • Laru (Shen)
  • Cuba (Shuba)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
lan – Laru
cbq – Cuba
Glottolog laru1238  Laru/Shen[2]
cuba1236  Cuba/Shuba[3]
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Laru (Laro, also Shen) is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. It has one dialect: Cuba (Shuba). Speakers are shifting to Busa.

References

  1. ↑ Laru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Cuba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Laru/Shen". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Cuba/Shuba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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