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Ut Ma'in language

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Native speakers
  
(36,000 cited 1992)

Glottolog
  
kagf1238

ISO 639-3
  
gel

Region
  
Fakai district, Nigeria

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Northwest Kainji ut-Ma’in

ut-Ma’in or Fakai is a dialect continuum spoken by 36,000 people in the Fakai district of Nigeria. There are numerous rather divergent dialects:

  • Kag (Puku, Fakanchi, Et-Kag)
  • Jiir (Gelanchi, Et-Jiir)
  • Kur (Kere, Kar, Keri-Ni, Kelli-Ni, Kelanchi, Kelinci)
  • Zuksun (Zussun, Et-Zuksun)
  • Ror (Et-Maror, Tudanchi, Er-Gwar)
  • Fer (Fere, Et-Fer, Wipsi-Ni, Kukum)
  • Us (Et-Us)
  • Koor (Kulu)

    • References

    Ut-Ma'in language Wikipedia
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