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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Amo

Amo

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3amo

Population  12,300 (2000).
Region  Plateau state, Bassa LGA; Kaduna state, Saminaka LGA.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 2, reference number 63
Alternate names   Amon, Among, Ba, Timap
Dialects  Not similar to other languages.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Kainji, Eastern, Amo
Language development  Grammar.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  ‘Timap’ is the language, ‘Kumap’ a speaker, ‘Amap’ the people.

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Academic Publications

ANDERSON, Stephen C., author. 1980. "The noun class system of Amo."