Longuda language
| Lunguda | |
|---|---|
| Nyà Núngúrá | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Adamawa State, Gombe State |
| Ethnicity | Lunguda people |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited 1973)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lnu |
| Glottolog | long1389 |
| Nungura[2] | |
|---|---|
| People | Nùngùrábà |
| Language | Nyà Núngúrá |
Lunguda (Nʋngʋra) is a Niger–Congo language spoken in Nigeria. They settle western part of Gongola mainly in and around the hills of the volcanic Lunguda Plateau, Adamawa state. Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, within the Adamawa family. When Blench (2008) broke up Adamawa, Lunguda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.[3]
According to the Ethnologue, the current number of speakers is based on an SIL figure of 45,000 from 1973.[1] But recent studies has shown 50,000 in the 2006 census.
Variants of the name Longuda include Languda, Longura, Nunguda, Nungura, Nunguraba.
Dialects[edit]
In the Adamawa Languages Project website, Kleinewillinghöfer (2014) lists five dialects in the Longuda dialect cluster.[4]
- Longuda/Lunguda of Guyuk and Wala Lunguda
- Nʋngʋra(ma) of Cerii, Banjiram
- Longura(ma) of Thaarʋ (Koola)
- Nʋngʋra(ma) of Gwaanda (Nyuwar)
- Nʋngʋra(ma) of Deele (Jessu)
Partly due to word taboo customs, there is considerable lexical diversity among Longuda dialects.[5]
Geography[edit]
The Lunguda settle in the northeastern part of Nigeria, mostly in Guyuk, Adamawa state in Guyuk LGA, Balanga LGA of Gombe state and some parts of Borno.[citation needed] They have approximately 504,000 according to 2006 population census.
Names and locations[edit]
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[2]
| Language | Branch | Dialects | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym(s) | Speakers | Location(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longuda | Longuda | Nya Guyuwa (Guyuk plains), Nya Ceriya (Banjiram=Cirimba/Chikila Cerembe 'rookie place'), Nya Tariya (Kola=Taraba), Nya Dele (Jessu=Delebe), Nya Gwanda (Nyuar=Gwandaba) | Lunguda, Nunguda, Nungura, Nunguraba | nyà núngúrá Guyuk, Nungurama Nyuar | Núngúráyábá Guyuk, Nùngùrábà Jessu, Lungúrábá Kola | 13,700 (1952: Numan Division); 32,000 (1973 SIL) | Adamawa State, Guyuk LGA; Gombe State, Balanga LGA |
The largest ward is Chikila ward.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lunguda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ "Longuda Group – Nʋngʋra Cluster | ADAMAWA LANGUAGE PROJECTS". www.blogs.uni-mainz.de. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. Longuda group. Adamawa Languages Project.
- ^ Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. Vol. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9. S2CID 133888593.
External links[edit]
- Longuda (Adamawa Languages Project)
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