Ngamo language
Ngamo (also known as Ngamawa, Gamo, Gamawa) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.[1] The native Ngamo language has two major dialects, viz, Gudi Ngamo and Yaya Ngamo. These dialects are spoken by the various clans both within and outside Gadaka.
| Ngamo | |
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| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Gombe State, Yobe State |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1993)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| ISO 639-3 | nbh |
| Glottolog | ngam1282[2] |
Notes
- Ngamo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngamo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Further reading
- Jibir Audu Janga Dole, Umaru Mamu Goge, and Isa Adamu Gashinge, 2009, Ngamo-English-Hausa Dictionary, Yobe Languages Research Project.
External links
- Ngamo language materials from UCLA
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