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

Miya

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3mkf

Population  30,000 (1995 CAPRO).
Region  Bauchi state, Ganjuwa LGA, Miya town.
Language maps  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 129
Nigeria, Map 4, reference number 129
Alternate names   Miyawa, Muya
Dialects  Gala, Faishang, Fursum, Demshin, Federe.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, B, B.2
Language use  Also use Hausa [hau].
Language development  Grammar.
Comments  Agriculturalists: guinea corn, maize, rice, millet, peanuts. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.