Lame language

Lame
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State
Native speakers	10,000 (1995)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu? (Zone A) Mbam Jarawan Nigerian Jarawan Lame–Gwa Lame
Dialects	Rufu Mbaru Gura
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bma`
Glottolog	`lame1257`^[2]

Lame is a dialect cluster of the Southern Bantoid Jarawan languages of Nigeria. The Rufu and Mbaru dialects are extinct as of 1987.^[1]

References

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

Mbam languages
Sanaga	Leti Tuki
West	Bati Nomaande Nyokon Tunen Tuotomb Yambeta
Yambasa	Elip Mmaala Mbule Nubaca Nugunu Yangben
Jarawan	Bile Dulbu Gwa Jarawa Kulung Labir Lame Mama Mbula-Bwazza Shiki
Other	Bube

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