Ga'anda language
(Redirected from Fertata language)
| Ga'anda | |
|---|---|
| Kaandata | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Adamawa State |
Native speakers | (43,000 cited 1992)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gqa |
| Glottolog | gaan1243 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Ga (also known as Ganda, Ga'andu, Mokar, Makwar) is a Biu-Mandara language spoken by about 43,000 people in the Gombi Local Government Area in Adamawa state of Nigeria. Many speakers live across the length and breadth of Nigeria. It has three dialects, Ga'anda, Gabun and Boga; Blench (2006) classifies Gabun is a separate language.[2]
Blench (2019) lists Kaɓәn and Fәrtata as Ga’anda varieties.[3]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Ga'anda at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
- ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
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References
[edit | edit source]- World Atlas of Language Structures entry for Ga'anda
- Roxana Ma Newman. 1971. "A Case Grammar of Ga'anda," University of California at Los Angeles PhD dissertation.
