Jarawa language (Nigeria)
Jarawa | |
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Region | eastern Nigeria, near Bauchi |
Native speakers | 250,000 (dialects with ISO codes) (2006–2011)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:jjr – Zhár (Bankal)dbm – Zugur (Duguri)bau – Mbat (Bada)jgk – Gwak (Gingwak) |
Glottolog | jara1263 |
Jarawa (also known as Jar, Jara, or in Hausa: Jaranchi) is the most populous of the Bantu languages of eastern Nigeria. It is a dialect cluster consisting of many varieties.
Dialects[]
Jarawa dialects are:
- Zhár (Bankal)
- Zugur (Duguri)
- Gwak (Gingwak)
- Ndaŋshi
- Dòòrì
- Mbat (Bada)
- Mùùn
- Kantana
- Dàmùl
Kantana may be a distinct language.
Blench (2019) lists these varieties as dialects of Jar (Jarawa).[2]
- Zhar
- Ligri
- Kantana
- Bobar (?)
- Gwak (Gingwak)
- Dõõri
- Mbat-Galamkya
References[]
- ^ Zhár (Bankal) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Zugur (Duguri) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Mbat (Bada) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Gwak (Gingwak) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Categories:
- Jarawan languages
- Languages of Nigeria
- Southern Bantoid language stubs
- Nigeria stubs