Lamang language
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Lamang | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Borno, Adamawa |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited 1993)[1] |
Dialects |
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | hia |
Glottolog | lama1288 |
Lamang (Laamang) is an Afro-Asiatic language cluster of Nigeria. Blench (2006) classifies the Woga variety as a separate language.[2]
Varieties
Blench (2019) lists these language varieties as are part of the Lamang cluster.[3]
- Zaladva (Zәlәdvә) (Lamang North)
- Ghumbagha (Lamang Central)
- Ghudavan (Lamang South)
References
- ^ Lamang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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