Putai language

Putai language

Infobox Language
name=Putai
states=Nigeria
region=Borno State
speakers=50
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=Biu-Mandara
fam4=A
fam5=A.2
fam6=A.2.1
iso3=mfl

Putai (also known as Marghi West) is a nearly extinct Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. The language is dying out in favor of Kanuri. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mfl Ethnologue report for Putai]

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