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Lamang language

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Lamang
Native toNigeria
RegionBorno, Adamawa
Native speakers
(40,000 cited 1993)[1]
Dialects
  • Dzuba
  • Hedkala
  • Ghudavan
  • Ghumbagha
  • Luhuva
  • Gwoza–Wakane
  • Waga (Waha)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3hia
Glottologlama1288

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

  1. ^ Lamang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.