Ajawa language
Afro-Asiatic language
Ajawa | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State |
Extinct | ca. 1930[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ajw |
Linguist List | ajw.html |
Glottolog | ajaw1236 |
Ajawa is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Ajawa became extinct between 1920 and 1940 as speakers switched to Hausa.[1][2]
Notes
- ^ a b Ajawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2012). An atlas of Nigerian languages. Cambridge, UK: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
External links
- OLAC resources in and about the Ajawa language
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West Chadic languages
Gwandara (A.1)
- Gwandara
- Hausa
Tangale (A.2)
Bole | |
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Tangale |
(Warji) (B.2)
(Barawa) (B.3)
Zaar | |
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Guruntum | |
Boghom |
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