Fam language explained

Fam
States:Nigeria
Region:Taraba State
Speakers:1,000
Date:1984
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta-Congo
Fam4:Benue–Congo
Fam5:Bantoid
Iso3:fam
Map:Map of the Fam language.svg
Mapcaption:Fam shown within Nigeria
Glotto:famm1241
Glottorefname:Fam

Fam (Fám;[1] exonym: Kɔŋa) is a Bantoid language of Bali LGA in Taraba State, Nigeria. It is now usually left as unclassified within Bantoid, however Blench (2011) classifies it as a divergent Mambiloid language potentially related to Ndoola.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Idiatov, Dmitry, Mark Van de Velde, Tope Olagunju and Bitrus Andrew. 2017. Results of the first AdaGram survey in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria. 47th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL) (Leiden, Netherlands).
  2. Web site: 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu. Blench. Roger. 2011. Humboldt University. Berlin. 15.

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