Endangered Languages Project - Langas

Langas

^{[aka Laŋas, Nyamzak, Nyamzax, Nyámzax, Lundur]}

Classification: Afro-Asiatic

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Laŋas, Nyamzak, Nyamzax, Nyámzax, Lundur
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West Chadic
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Information from: “An Atlas of Nigerian Languages” (111) . Roger Blench (2012)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100-999
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"200 (LA 1971), ‘a few hundred’ (Caron 2005)"

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<600
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "the South of the Bauchi state (Nigeria)"

PLACES: Langas village, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~400
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"All together they are about 400."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "They communicate in Lang’as and Dir, with Hausa as their trade language.”

PLACES: Lang'as village, Bauchi Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "The Lang’as people live in Bauchi LGA of Bauchi State. Their only village is Lang’as."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<1,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Severely endangered with less than 1000 speakers."

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "The south of Bauchi State (Nigeria)"

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Information from: “An Atlas of Nigerian Languages” (111) . Roger Blench (2012)