| Ajawa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bauchi State |
| Extinct | ca. 1930 |
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ajw |
| Linguist List | ajw.html |
| Glottolog | ajaw1236 |
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.
Notes
- ^ Ajawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Blench, Roger (2012). An atlas of Nigerian languages. Cambridge, UK: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
External links
| West Chadic languages | |||||||
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| Hausa– Gwandara (A.1) | |||||||
| Bole– Tangale (A.2) |
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| Angas (A.3) | |||||||
| Ron (A.4) | |||||||
| Bade (B.1) | |||||||
| North Bauchi (Warji) (B.2) | |||||||
| South Bauchi (Barawa) (B.3) |
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| Others | |||||||
| Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages | |||||||
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