Lamang language explained

Lamang
States:	Nigeria
Region:	Borno, Adamawa
Speakers:	40,000
Date:	1993
Ref:	e18
Dia1:	Dzuba
Dia2:	Hedkala
Dia3:	Ghudavan
Dia4:	Ghumbagha
Dia5:	Luhuva
Dia6:	Gwoza–Wakane
Dia7:	Waga (Waha)
Script:	Latin
Familycolor:	Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:	Chadic
Fam3:	Biu–Mandara
Fam4:	Wandala–Mafa
Fam5:	Wandala (A.4)
Fam6:	West
Iso3:	hia
Glotto:	lama1288
Glottorefname:	Lamang

Lamang (Laamang) is an Afro-Asiatic language cluster of Nigeria. Blench (2006) classifies the Woga variety as a separate language.^[1]

Varieties

Blench (2019) lists these language varieties as are part of the Lamang cluster.^[2]

• Zaladva (Zәlәdvә) (Lamang North)
• Ghumbagha (Lamang Central)
• Ghudavan (Lamang South)

Notes and References

1. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
2. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.