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Numana-Nunku-Gbantu-Numbu

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3nbr

Population  30,000 (Blench 2003).
Region  Kaduna state, Jema’a LGA; Plateau state, Akwanga LGA.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 2, reference number 112
Alternate names   Sanga
Dialects  Nunku, Numana (Nimana), Gbantu (Gwantu, Gwanto), Numbu. A dialect subgroup.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Plateau, Western, Southwestern, A

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Academic Publications

HANNELOVÁ, Katarína; RHILA, Ezekiel; RUECK, Michael J.; YODER, Zachariah, authors. 2008. Sociolinguistic Survey of the Numana, Numbu, Aninka, and Ningye of Kaduna State, Nigeria.  Available online