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

Goemai

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3ank

Population  200,000 (1995).
Region  Plateau state, Shendam; Nassarawa state, Lafia and Awe LGAs.
Language maps  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 180
Nigeria, Map 7, reference number 180
Alternate names   Ankwai, Ankwe, Ankwei, Kemai
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, A, A.3, Angas Proper, 2
Language use  Also use Hausa [hau].
Language development  Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Traditional religion, Muslim.