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Mambila, Nigeria

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3: mzk

Population	99,000 (1993).
Region	Taraba state, Sardauna LGA, Mambila Plateau.
Language map	Nigeria, Map 8, reference number 390
Alternate names	Bang, Lagubi, Mabila, Mambere, Mambilla, Nor, Nor Tagbo, Tongbo
Dialects	Barup. Nearly every village has a separate dialect, forming a chain. Dialect centers are Bang, Dorofi, Gembu, Hainari, Kabri, Mayo Ndaga, Mbamnga, Tamien, Tepo, Warwar. Similar to Mambila [mcu] of Cameroon.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Northern, Mambiloid, Mambila-Konja, Mambila
Language use	Also use Fulfulde [fuv] or English.
Language development	NT: 1977.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T.; PERRIN, Mona, authors. 1971. "A note on labialisation in Mambila."

HEDINGER, Robert, author. 1989. "Northern Bantoid."

PERRIN, Mona, author. 1974. "Direct and indirect speech in Mambila."

PERRIN, Mona, author. 1974. "Mambila."

PERRIN, Mona, author. 1978. "Who’s who in Mambila folk stories."  

Vernacular Publications

Chir gùl gi-neh. 1974.

Derua a mòh bú fàle yill a mò eh. 1976.

Derua mule. n.d.

Derua nyame. 1973.

Mà séna mèh. 1974.

Meh giun derua jangen-eh 1. 1973.

Meh giun derua jangen-eh 1-3. 1973.

Nellip éh yùn nore. 1975.

Write Mambila!. 1973.