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Gwara language

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Native to
  
Nigeria

Glottolog
  
gwar1240

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Region
  
Kaduna State, Nassarawa State

Native speakers
  
a few hundred fluent speakers to < 3,000 with some knowledge (2009)

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? Koroic Gwara

Gwara is a newly discovered Plateau language of Nigeria. There are marked similarities with the related language Idun, but some of these may be due to borrowing.

References

Gwara language Wikipedia