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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Guruntum-Mbaaru

Guruntum-Mbaaru

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3grd

Population  15,000 (1993).
Region  Bauchi state, Bauchi and Alkaleri LGAs.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 155
Alternate names   Gurdung, Guruntum
Dialects  Dooka, Gar, Gayar, Karakara, Kuuku, Mbaaru.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, B, B.3, Guruntum
Language use  Shifting to Hausa [hau].
Comments  Agriculturalists: beans, maize, millet. Muslim.