| Mangas | |
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| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | (100 cited 1995) [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zns |
| Glottolog | mang1416 [2] |
Mangas (Mantsi) is an endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Mangas town in Bauchi State, Nigeria. [1] Blench reports in 2019 that it is also called Mantsi, with perhaps about 500-700 speakers in two small villages. According to Blench, the structure of Mantsi differs significantly from the other South Bauchi languages.
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There are over 500 native languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language of Nigeria is English, the former language of colonial British Nigeria. As reported in 2003, Nigerian English and Nigerian Pidgin were spoken as a second language by 60 million people in Nigeria. Communication in the English language is much more popular in the country's urban communities than it is in the rural areas, due to globalization.
The West Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken principally in Niger and Nigeria. They include Hausa, the most populous Chadic language and a major language of West Africa.
Ajawa is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Ajawa became extinct between 1920 and 1940 as speakers switched to Hausa.
Kariya or Vinahə, is an Afroasiatic language spoken in a cluster of villages near the Stone Age archaeological site of Kariya Wuro in Ganjuwa LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria. The ethnic group is known as Wììhə́.
The Warji languages are a branch of West Chadic languages that are spoken in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria.
The Barawa languages are a branch of West Chadic languages that are spoken in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria.
Dazawa or Daza is listed by Blench (2006) as a Chadic language within the Bole group. It is allegedly spoken in a few villages of Darazo LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria. Glottolog (2017) lists the language as "unattested". Newman (2019) lists Daza as a possible synonym of Bole.
Dass is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Bauchi State and Plateau State, Nigeria.
Jimi is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Jimi village in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Blench (2006) considers the Zumo (Jum) variety to be a separate language.
The Kainji languages are a group of sixty or so related languages They form part of the Central Nigerian (Platoid) branch of Benue–Congo. Four of the most widely spoken Kainji languages are Tsuvadi (150,000), Cishingini and Tsishingini —all from the Kambari branch; and Clela (100,000), of the Northwest Kainji branch. In total, there were about one million speakers of Kainji languages in Nigeria.
Zeem, or Chaari, is an endangered Chadic dialect cluster of Nigeria, whose speakers are shifting to Hausa. Dyarim is closely related.
Jarawan is a dialect cluster that is closely related to, or perhaps a branch of, the Bantu languages. Blench (2011) says that it almost certainly belongs with Guthrie's A.60 languages, which are part of Mbam. They are spoken mostly in Bauchi State, with some also scattered in Taraba State and Adamawa State.
Jere (Jera) is a dialect cluster of Kainji languages in Nigeria. It is named after the Zelle (Jere) dialect. The stubborn man Jere was the first to settle in the ancient village of Jengre many years ago. Jere tribe are not the only people living in that location as of now. but clustered with other tribes under the same Jurisdiction. Many of them are found in places like Borno, Bauchi and Plateau State of Nigeria..
Bauchi is a cluster of Kainji languages spoken in Rafi LGA, Niger State, Nigeria.
Polci is an Afro-Asiatic language of Bauchi State, Nigeria. It is part of the Barawa cluster, which is in turn part of the West Chadic language family.
Sur, or Tapshin, is a minor Plateau language of Tapshin village in Bauchi State, Nigeria.
Gyem is a Kainji language of Bauchi State, Nigeria.
Mondzish (Mangish) is a small group of languages that constitute the most divergent branch of the Lolo–Burmese languages in the classification of Lama (2012).
Poki is an unclassified West Chadic language of Bauchi State, Nigeria mentioned in Campbell & Hoskison (1972). It has not been attested since.
Damlanci is a Southern Bantoid Jarawan language of Nigeria. It was reported by Roger Blench (2019), but is not reported in Ethnologue or Glottolog. Speakers are over age 50, located in Maccido village, Alkaleri LGA, Bauchi State.
