Native to Nigeria Native speakers (32,000 cited 1973) | Ethnicity Longuda people ISO 639-3 lnu | |
Region Adamawa State, Bauchi State Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Bambukic
Longuda | ||
Longuda is a Niger–Congo language of Nigeria. Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, of his Adamawa family. Boyd (1989) assigned it a branch within Waja–Jen. When Blench (2008) broke up Adamawa, Longuda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.
The current number of speakers is unknown. Ethnologue cites an SIL figure of 32,000 from 1973.
Variants of the name 'Longuda' include Languda, Longura, Nunguda, Nungura, Nunguraba.
References
Longuda language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA