Nuni | |
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Nunuma | |
Region | Burkina Faso |
Ethnicity | Nuna |
Native speakers | (213,000 cited 1995–2000) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either: nuv – Northern Nuni nnw – Southern Nuni |
Glottolog | nuni1253 |
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