Gwa language

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Gwa
Native to Nigeria
Region Bauchi State
Native speakers
980 (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gwb
Glottolog gwaa1239
Linguasphere 99-AAB-b

Gwa is one of the Bantu languages spoken in Nigeria.

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References

  1. Gwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)