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Ngas language

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Native to
  
Nigeria

Native speakers
  
400,000 (1998)

Glottolog
  
ngas1240

Region
  
Plateau State

ISO 639-3
  
anc

Ngas language

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Angas (A.3) Ngas

Ngas, or Angas, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects are Hill Angas and Plain Angas. Retired General Yakubu Gowon is a prominent Nigerian who is of Ngas extraction.

References

Ngas language Wikipedia