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Wannu language

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Jukunoid language spoken in Nigeria
Wannu
Native toNigeria
RegionBenue State
Native speakers(a few thousand cited 1998)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3jub
Glottologwann1241

Wannu, or Abinsi after the district in which it is spoken, is a Jukunoid language of Nigeria. It belongs to the Jukun Wapan (Kororofa) language cluster.

References

  1. Wannu at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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