Jan Awei language explained

Jan Awei
States:Nigeria
Region:Gombe State
Speakers:12?
Date:1997
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Jukunoid
Fam5:Central
Fam6:Jukun
Iso3:none
Glotto:jana1236
Glottorefname:Jan-Awei

Jan Awei is a moribund Jukunoid language of Nigeria. It had around 12 speakers in 1997 and was spoken in an area West of the Muri Mountains in the far South of Gombe State, however the precise location is unknown.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Roger Blench. 3 December 2012. 42. 26 July 2017. 6 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806024945/http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%20of%20Nigerian%20Languages-%20ed%20III.pdf. dead.