Shama language
Shama, or Shama-Sambuga after its two dialects, is a Kainji language of Nigeria.
| Shama | |
|---|---|
| Tushama | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Niger State |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 1995)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sqa |
| Glottolog | sham1278[2] |
| Shama | |
|---|---|
| Person | Bushama |
| People | Ushama |
| Language | Tushama |
Sambuga is presumably extinct. It was spoken in Sambuga town, 10 km northwest of Kagara, in Rafi LGA, Niger State.[3]
References
- Shama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Shama-Sambuga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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