Longuda language
Lunguda (Nʋngʋra) is a Niger–Congo language spoken in Nigeria. They settle western part of Gongola mainly in and around the hills of the volcanic Lunguda Plateau, Adamawa state. Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, within the Adamawa family. When Blench (2008) broke up Adamawa, Lunguda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.
| Lunguda | |
|---|---|
| Nyà Núngúrá | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Adamawa State, Gombe State |
| Ethnicity | Lunguda people |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited 1973) |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lnu |
| Glottolog | long1389 |
| Nungura | |
|---|---|
| People | Nùngùrábà |
| Language | Nyà Núngúrá |
According to the Ethnologue, the current number of speakers is based on an SIL figure of 45,000 from 1973. But recent studies has shown 50,000 in the 2006 census.
Variants of the name Longuda include Languda, Longura, Nunguda, Nungura, Nunguraba.
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