Laru language

Laru
	Shen
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Niger State
Native speakers	6,000 (1995–2014)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Kainji Lake? Laru; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Laru (Shen); Cuba (Shuba);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; lan – Laru; cbq – Cuba
Glottolog	laru1238 Laru/Shen[2]; cuba1236 Cuba/Shuba[3]

Laru (Laro, also Shen) is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. It has one dialect: Cuba (Shuba). Speakers are shifting to Busa.

References

↑ Laru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Cuba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Laru/Shen". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Cuba/Shuba". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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