Mak language (Adamawa)

Mak, or LeeMak, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria, one of several spoken by the Bikwin people. The two dialects, Panya and Zoo (Zo), are rather divergent, and might be considered distinct languages.

Mak
LeeMak
Native toNigeria
RegionTaraba State
EthnicityBikwin
Native speakers
5,700 (2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Panya
  • Zoo
Language codes
ISO 639-3pbl
Glottologmakn1235[2]

References

  1. Mak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mak (Nigeria)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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