Mada language
| Mada | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State, Kaduna State |
Native speakers | 100,000 (1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mda |
| Glottolog |
mada1282[2] |
Mada is a regionally important Plateau language of Nigeria, with many dialects. It is a highly tonal language. A translation of the New Testament into the language was finished in 1999[3]
References
- ↑ Mada at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mada (Nigeria)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ http://www.academia.edu/23910111/A_brief_history_of_Mada_literacy_and_the_creation_of_a_Mada_dictionary
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