Shama | |
Nativename: | Tushama |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Niger State |
Speakers: | 5,000 |
Date: | 1995 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Kainji |
Fam5: | Kamuku |
Iso3: | sqa |
Glotto: | sham1278 |
Glottorefname: | Shama-Sambuga |
Dia1: | Sama |
Dia2: | Sambuga |
5: | Shama |
Shama, or Shama-Sambuga after its two dialects, is a Kainji language of Nigeria.
Sambuga is presumably extinct. It was spoken in Sambuga town, 10 km northwest of Kagara, in Rafi LGA, Niger State.[1]