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

Kaan

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3ldl

Population  10,000 (1992).
Region  Adamawa state, Shellen, Song, and Numan LGAs.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 5, reference number 259
Alternate names   Kan, Libbo, Libo
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Waja-Jen, Yungur, Libo
Language use  Also use Hausa [hau], Fulfulde [fuv], Mbula-Bwazza [mbu], or Dera [kna].
Language development  No primary schools in the area. Many desire education.
Comments  Agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.