Ahwai language

Ahwai language
Ahwai
Ndunic
Spoken in Nigeria
Native speakers 8,000  (2003)
Language family
NigerCongo
  • AtlanticCongo
Dialects
Ndun
Nyeng
Shakara
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nfd
Nandu
 person  aner andùn
 people  bener andùn
 language  indùn
Ningon
 person  anyeŋ
 people  banyeŋ
 language  hanyeŋ
Tari
 person  kùʃákárá
 people  úʃàkárá
 language  ìʃákárá

Ahwai, or Ndunic, constitutes a branch of the Plateau languages of Nigeria. Blench (2008) notes three clearly but distinct Ndunic languages, Nandu aka Ndun, Ningon aka Nyeng, and Tari aka Shakara. However, that year Ethnologue reclassified them as a single language called Ahwai.

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