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Bantu language spoken in Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jarawa (also known as Jar, Jara, or in Hausa: Jaranci) is the most populous of the Bantu languages of northern Nigeria. It is a dialect cluster consisting of many varieties.
Jarawa | |
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Region | northern Nigeria, near Bauchi |
Native speakers | 250,000 (dialects with ISO codes) (2006–2011)[1] |
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 dialects are:
Kantana may be a distinct language.
Blench (2019) lists these varieties as dialects of Jar (Jarawa).[3]
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