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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Pa’a

Pa’a

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3pqa

Population  8,000 (1995 CAPRO).
Region  Bauchi state, Ningi and Bauchi LGAs.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 125
Alternate names   Afa, Afanci, Afawa, Fa’awa, Foni, Fucaka, Pa’awa, Pala
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, B, B.2
Language use  Shifting to Hausa [hau].
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 1%. Grammar.
Comments  Agriculturalists: guinea corn, millet, maize, peanuts, beans; fishermen. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.