Ngamo language

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The Ngamo language is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria by the Ngamo people.

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
West Chadic language
language
belongsToPhylum Afroasiatic NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Nigeria
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Ngamo people NERFINISHED
glottologCode ngam1266
glottologName Ngamo NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Ngamanci NERFINISHED
Ngamawa NERFINISHED
hasDialect Gudi dialect NERFINISHED
Yaya dialect
hasLinguisticFeature noun class-like gender distinctions
rich verbal morphology
tone language
hasNeighboringLanguage Bole language NERFINISHED
Hausa language NERFINISHED
Karekare language
hasPopulationRegion Fika area of Yobe State NERFINISHED
Gadaka area of Yobe State
iso639-3Code nbh
isSubjectOf descriptive grammars in Chadic linguistics
isTaughtIn local primary schools (informally or as subject) in Yobe State
languageFamily Chadic NERFINISHED
linguisticTypology SVO word order
macroArea West Africa NERFINISHED
majorContactLanguage English language
Hausa language
region Gombe State NERFINISHED
Yobe State NERFINISHED
spokenBy Ngamo people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Nigeria
northeastern Nigeria
subfamily West Chadic NERFINISHED
subgroup Bole–Tangale NERFINISHED
usedByReligion Islam NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Tangale isRelatedTo Ngamo language