Kofyar language

Kofyar language

language
name=Kofyar
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Nigeria
region=Plateau State
speakers=109,943
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=West Chadic
fam4=A
fam5=A.3
fam6=Angas
fam7=1
iso3=kwl

Kofyar is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects are Bwol, Dimmuk, Gworam, Jipal, Kofyar, Kwagallak, and Mirriam. [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=kwl Ethnologue entry for Kofyar]


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