- Ahwai language
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Not to be confused with Tari language.
Ahwai Ndunic Spoken in Nigeria Native speakers 8,000 (2003) Language family Niger–Congo- Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
- Plateau
- Ahwai
- Plateau
- Benue–Congo
Dialects NdunNyengShakaraLanguage 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.
References
- Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.
- Ethnologue merger of Ndunic
Categories:- Plateau languages
- Niger-Congo language stubs
- Atlantic–Congo
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