Nzanyi language

Nzanyi
Native to Nigeria, Cameroon
Region Adamawa State
Native speakers
86,000 (ca. 1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nja
Glottolog nzan1240[2]

Nzanyi (also known as Njanyi, Nzangi, Njai, Njeny, Zani, Zany, Jeng, Jenge, Njei, Njeing, Kobotshi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Maiha LGA, and along the border in Cameroon. Dialects are Dede, Hoode, Lovi, Magara, Maiha, Mutidi, Nggwoli, Paka, and Rogede.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Nzanyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nzanyi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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