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(Redirected from Mbaru language) Bantu dialect cluster of Nigeria Not to be confused with Lamé language.

Lame
Tu-Gura
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1995)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Mbam-Bube-Jarawan Jarawan Nigerian Jarawan Lame–Gwa Lame
Dialects	Rufu Mbaru Gura
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bma`
Glottolog	`lame1257`

Gura
Person	Ba-Gura
People	Mo-Gura
Language	Tu-Gura

Lame is a Bantu dialect cluster spoken Nigeria. The Rufu (Ruhu) and Mbaru dialects are extinct as of 1987. Blench (2019) also lists Gura as a dialect.

References

^ Lame at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

v t e Mbam languages
Sanaga	Leti Tuki
West	Bati Nomaande Nyokon Tunen Tuotomb Yambeta
Yambasa	Elip Mmaala Mbule Nubaca Nugunu Yangben
Jarawan	Bile Damlanci Dulbu Gwa Jarawa Kulung Labir Lame Mama Mbula-Bwazza Shiki
Other	Bube

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