Asu language (Nigeria)

Asu (also known as Abewa or Ebe[2]) is a Nupoid language spoken in Niger State in Western Nigeria.[3] The Asu live in about ten villages southeast of Kontagora.[2]

This article is about the Asu language from Nigeria. For the Tanzania language of the same name, see Asu language (Tanzania).
Asu
Native toNigeria
RegionNiger State
Native speakers
5,000 (1998)[1]
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta–Niger
      • noi
        • Nupoid
          • Nupe–Gbagyi
            • Nupe languages
              • Asu
Language codes
ISO 639-3aum
Glottologasun1235

References
  1. Asu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.
  3. "Report for Asu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2010-12-12.


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