Loo | |
Nativename: | Shụŋọ |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Gombe State, Taraba State |
Speakers: | 8,000 |
Date: | 1992 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Bambukic |
Fam4: | Bikwin–Jen |
Fam5: | Bikwin |
Fam6: | Burak–Loo |
Iso3: | ldo |
Glotto: | looo1238 |
Glottorefname: | Loo |
Loo, or Shụŋọ, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. It is one of the more than 500 native languages spoken in that country. As of 1992, the approximate number of Loo speakers was 8,000.[1] Those speakers reside in parts of Gombe State and also the adjacent state to the south: Taraba State.