Mama language
Bantu language spoken in Nigeria
Mama | |
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Kantana | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Nassarawa State |
Native speakers | 2,000–3,000? (2001)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mma |
Glottolog | mama1272 |
Mama, or Kantana, is a Bantu language spoken in Nigeria.
The number of speakers is unclear. A figure of 20,000 was published in 1973.[2] In 2011, "Kantana" (presumably the same language) was said to have 2,000–3,000 speakers, mostly over 25 years old.[1] A partial count of the ethnic community in the 2006 census was 6,000–9,000.
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2015-02-20.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Mama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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