Asu language (Nigeria)

Asu
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Niger State
Native speakers	5,000 (1998)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Nupoid Nupe–Gbagyi Nupe languages Asu; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aum
Glottolog	asun1235[2]

Asu (also known as Abewa or Ebe[3]) is a Nupoid language spoken in Niger State in Western Nigeria.[4] The Asu live in about ten villages southeast of Kontagora.[3]

References

Asu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Asu (Nigeria)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.
"Report for Asu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

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[e18-1] Asu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Asu (Nigeria)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Blench2013-3] Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.

[eth-4] "Report for Asu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2010-12-12.