Mak language (Adamawa)

Mak
	LeeMak
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Ethnicity	Bikwin
Native speakers	5,700 (2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Bambukic Bikwin–Jen Bikwin Mak; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Panya; Zoo;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pbl
Glottolog	makn1235[2]

Mak, or LeeMak, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria, one of several spoken by the Bikwin people. The two dialects, Panya and Zoo (Zo), are rather divergent, and might be considered distinct languages.

References

Mak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mak (Nigeria)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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

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