Ajawa language explained

Ajawa
States:Nigeria
Region:Bauchi State
Extinct:ca. 1930
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Chadic
Fam3:West Chadic
Fam4:Bade–Warji
Fam5:Warji (B.2)
Iso3:ajw
Linglist:ajw.html
Glotto:ajaw1236
Glottorefname:Ajawa

Ajawa is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Ajawa became extinct between 1920 and 1940 as speakers switched to Hausa.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger. An atlas of Nigerian languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2012. Cambridge, UK.