Loo language
Loo, or Shụŋọ, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. It is one of the more than 500 native languages spoken in that country. As of 1992, the approximate number of Loo speakers was 8,000.[3] Those speakers reside in parts of Gombe State and also the adjacent state to the south: Taraba State.[3]
| Loo | |
|---|---|
| Shụŋọ | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Gombe State, Taraba State |
Native speakers | (8,000 cited 1992)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ldo |
| Glottolog | looo1238[2] |
References
- Loo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Loo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages, pp. xii and 58 (Third Edition, 2012).
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