Ngwaba language

Ngwaba
Ngwaba
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1993)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Tera (A.1) Ngwaba; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ngw
Glottolog	ngwa1251
ELP	Ngwaba

Last updated January 15, 2026

Ngwaba (also known as Gombi, Goba) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Gombi and Hong LGAs.^[1]

Notes

1 2 Ngwaba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

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[e18-1] 1 2 Ngwaba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

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