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

Kamo

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3kcq

Population  20,000 (1995 CAPRO).
Region  Gombe state, Billiri, Kaltungo and Akko LGAs.
Language maps  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 187
Nigeria, Map 5, reference number 187
Alternate names   Kamu, Ma, Nubama, Nyima
Dialects  Typologically more similar to Awak (no singular-plural noun suffixes).
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Waja-Jen, Waja, Awak
Comments  5 primary schools, 1 junior secondary school. Agriculturalists: guinea corn, rice, millet, peanuts. Traditional religion, Christian.