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

Wannu

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3jub

Population  4,000. A few thousand (1998 A. Storch).
Region  Benue state, Makurdi Division, Iharev District, Abinsi town.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 7, reference number 352
Alternate names   Abinsi, Awannu, Jukun Abinsi, River Jukun
Dialects  A member of the Kororofa language subgroup.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Jukunoid, Central, Jukun-Mbembe-Wurbo, Kororofa
Comments  Traditional religion.