Lunguda (Nʋngʋra) is a Niger–Congo language of Nigeria. They settle western part of Gongola mainly in and around the hills of the volcanic Lunguda Plateau, Adamawa state. Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, of the Adamawa family. When Blench (2008) broke up Adamawa, Lunguda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.[3]
| Lunguda | |
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| Nyà Núngúrá | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Adamawa State, Gombe State |
| Ethnicity | Lunguda people |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited 1973)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lnu |
| Glottolog | long1389 |
| Nungura[2] | |
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| People | Nùngùrábà |
| Language | Nyà Núngúrá |
The current number of speakers is according to Ethnologue cites an SIL figure of 45,000 from 1973.[1] But recent studies has shown 50,000 in the 2006 census.
Variants of the name Longuda include Languda, Longura, Nunguda, Nungura, Nunguraba.
In the Adamawa Languages Project website, Kleinewillinghöfer (2014) lists five dialects in the Longuda dialect cluster.[4]
Partly due to word taboo customs, there is considerable lexical diversity among Longuda dialects.[5]
The Lunguda settle in the northeastern part of Nigeria, mostly in Guyuk, Adamawa state in Guyuk LGA, Balanga LGA of Gombe state and some parts of Borno.[6] They have approximately 504,000 according to 2006 population census.
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[2]
| Language | Branch | Dialects | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym(s) | Speakers | Location(s) |
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| Longuda | Longuda | Nya Guyuwa (Guyuk plains), Nya Ceriya (Banjiram=Cirimba/Chikila Cerembe 'rookie place'), Nya Tariya (Kola=Taraba), Nya Dele (Jessu=Delebe), Nya Gwanda (Nyuar=Gwandaba) | Lunguda, Nunguda, Nungura, Nunguraba | nyà núngúrá Guyuk, Nungurama Nyuar | Núngúráyábá Guyuk, Nùngùrábà Jessu, Lungúrábá Kola | 13,700 (1952: Numan Division); 32,000 (1973 SIL) | Adamawa State, Guyuk LGA; Gombe State, Balanga LGA |
The largest ward is Chikila ward.
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