Jan Awei language
Appearance
| Jan Awei | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Gombe State |
Native speakers | (12? cited 1997)[1] |
NigerâCongo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | jana1236 |
Jan Awei is a moribund Jukunoid language[2] of Nigeria. It had around 12 speakers in 1997 and was spoken in an area west of the Muri Mountains in the far south of Gombe State, however the precise location is unknown.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Roger Blench (3 December 2012). "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages" (PDF). p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Jan-Awei". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.