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Jan Awei language

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Jan Awei
Native toNigeria
RegionGombe State
Native speakers
(12? cited 1997)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologjana1236

Jan Awei is a moribund Jukunoid language of Nigeria. It had around 12 speakers in 1997 and was spoken in an area west of the Muri Mountains in the far south of Gombe State, however the precise location is unknown.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Roger Blench (3 December 2012). "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages" (PDF). p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.