Mama language

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Mama
Kantana
Native to Nigeria
Region Nassarawa State
Native speakers
2,000–3,000? (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mma
Glottolog mama1272[2]

Mama, or Kantana, is one of the Southern Bantoid Jarawan languages of Nigeria.

The number of speakers is unclear. A figure of 20,000 was published in 1973.[3] In 2011, "Kantana" (presumably the same language) was said to have 2,000–3,000 speakers, mostly over 25 years old.[1] A partial count of the ethnic community in the 2006 census was 6,000–9,000.

References

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  3. Mama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


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