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(Redirected from ISO 639:bma)
| Lame | |
|---|---|
| Tu-Gura | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bma |
| Glottolog | lame1257 |
| Gura[2] | |
|---|---|
| Person | Ba-Gura |
| People | Mo-Gura |
| Language | Tu-Gura |
Lame is a Jarawan dialect cluster spoken Nigeria. The Rufu (Ruhu, Rùhû) and Mbaru (Mbárù) dialects are extinct as of 1987.[1] Blench (2019) also lists Gura as a variety.[2] Gura was documented and described by Blench in 2025.[3][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Lame at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ↑ Blench, Roger. 2025. An introduction to Gura [bma, a previously undocumented Jarawan Bantu language of Central Nigeria]. Cambridge: Kay William Educational Foundation (KWEF).
- ↑ Blench, Roger. 2025. Gura dictionary. Cambridge: Kay William Educational Foundation (KWEF).
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