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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Ga’anda

Ga’anda

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3gqa

Population  43,000 (1992).
Region  Adamawa state, Gombi LGA; Song, Guyuk, and Mubi LGAs, and Borno state, Biu LGA.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 5, reference number 242
Alternate names   Ga’andu, Ganda, Makwar, Mokar
Dialects  Ga’anda, Gabin.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.1, Eastern
Language use  Also use Hausa [hau] or Fulfulde [fuv].
Language development  Grammar.
Comments  14 villages have primary schools, and Ga’anda has a secondary school. Becoming more interested in education. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.