Mwaghavul language
| Mwaghavul | |
|---|---|
| Sura Mupun |
|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
| Native speakers | 295,000 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sur |
Mwaghavul (also known as Mupun and Sura) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects are Mupun and Panyam.[1]
Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language (see).
Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Further reading
- Roger Blench, Mwaghavul - English dictionary, unpublished.
- Zygmunt Frajzyngier. 1993. A Grammar of Mupun. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
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