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

Loo

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3ldo

Population  8,000 (Crozier and Blench 1992).
Region  Gombe state, Kaltungo LGA; Taraba state, Karim Lamido LGA, northeast of Karim Lamido town, Bambuka to Karim-Lamido road.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 193
Alternate names   Lo, Loh, Shungo, Shunhu
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Waja-Jen, Jen
Comments  Clan names: Fore (Kyilayo), Bene, Tamu, Bana, Talau, Tadam, Wawa. Agriculturalists; animal husbandry, fishermen. Traditional religion, Christian.