Nzanyi language

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Nzanyi
Spoken in: Nigeria, Cameroon 
Region: Adamawa State
Total speakers: 86,000 (1993)
Language family: Afro-Asiatic
 Chadic
  Biu-Mandara
   A
    A.8
     Nzanyi
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: nja

Nzanyi (also known as Njanyi, Nzangi, Njai, Njeny, Zani, Zany, Jeng, Jenge, Njei, Njeing, Kobotshi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Maiha LGA, and along the border in Cameroon. Dialects are Dede, Hoode, Lovi, Magara, Maiha, Mutidi, Nggwoli, Paka, and Rogede. [1]

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  1. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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