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Ga'anda language

Ga'anda language

Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria

Ga (also known as Ganda, Ga'andu, Mokar, Makwar) is a Biu-Mandara language spoken by about 43,000 people in the Gombi Local Government Area in Adamawa state of Nigeria. Many speakers live across the length and breadth of Nigeria. It has three dialects, Ga'anda, Gabun and Boga; Blench (2006) classifies Gabun is a separate language.[2]

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Blench (2019) lists Kaɓәn and Fәrtata as Ga’anda varieties.[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Ga'anda at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. [3]
    Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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