Do you Know Nigeria has 9 Extinct Languages : CHECKLIST HERE

Yesterday i was talking on Nigerian languages Read here which i stated that Nigeria has 521 languages and some languages are also extinct..I will give you a list of the extinct language here today before i go to the still existing living languages in my later post do enjoy.

Extinct languages

Ajawa

[ajw] Extinct. Bauchi State. Alternate names: Aja, Ajanci. Dialects: Related to Miya. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West

Auyokawa

[auo] Extinct. Jigawa State, Keffin Hausa and Auyo LGAs. Alternate names: Auyakawa, Awiaka. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West

Basa-Gumna

[bsl] Extinct. Niger State, Chanchaga LGA; Plateau State, Nasarawa LGA. Alternate names: Basa-Kaduna, Bassa-Kaduna, Gwadara Basa, Basa Kuta. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Kainji, Western, Basa

Gamo-Ningi

[bte] Extinct. Ethnic population: 15,000 (1992 Crozier and Blench). Bauchi State, Ningi LGA. Dialects: Gamo (Buta, Mbuta, Mbotu, Ba-Buche, Ba-Mbutu), Ningi. Formerly a dialect cluster. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Kainji

Holma

[hod] Extinct. Adamawa State, north of Sorau on the Cameroon border. Alternate names: Da Holmaci, Bali Holma. Dialects: Related to Nzanyi. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara


Kpati

[koc] Extinct. Taraba State, Wukari, Takum LGAs. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Ngemba

Kubi

[kof] Extinct. Ethnic population: 1,500 (1995 CAPRO). Bauchi State, Gunjawa LGA, Kubi town. Alternate names: Kuba, Kubawa. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, Bole, Bole Proper

Mawa

[wma] Extinct. Bauchi State, Toro LGA, possibly Mara village. Classification: Unclassified

Teshenawa

[twc] Extinct. Jigawa State, Keffin Hausa LGA, Teshena town. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, Bade Proper

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