Longuda language

Longuda (Nʋngʋra) is a Niger–Congo language of Nigeria. Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, of his Adamawa family. Boyd (1989) assigned it a branch within Waja–Jen. When Blench (2008) broke up Adamawa, Longuda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.

Longuda
Nyà Núngúrá
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa State, Gombe State
EthnicityLonguda people
Native speakers
(32,000 cited 1973)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lnu
Glottologlong1389
Nungura[2]
PeopleNùngùrábà
LanguageNyà Núngúrá

The current number of speakers is unknown. Ethnologue cites an SIL figure of 32,000 from 1973.[1]

Variants of the name Longuda include Languda, Longura, Nunguda, Nungura, Nunguraba.

Dialects

In the Adamawa Languages Project website, Kleinewillinghöfer (2014) lists five dialects in the Longuda dialect cluster.[3]

  • Longuda/Lunguda of Guyuk and Wala Lunguda
  • Nʋngʋra(ma) of Cerii, Banjiram
  • Longura(ma) of Thaarʋ (Koola)
  • Nʋngʋra(ma) of Gwaanda (Nyuwar)
  • Nʋngʋra(ma) of Deele (Jessu)

Partly due to word taboo customs, there is considerable lexical diversity among Longuda dialects.[4]

Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[2]

LanguageBranchDialectsAlternate spellingsOwn name for languageEndonym(s)SpeakersLocation(s)
LongudaLongudaNya 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, Nungurabanyà núngúrá Guyuk, Nungurama NyuarNúngúráyábá Guyuk, Nùngùrábà Jessu, Lungúrábá Kola13,700 (1952: Numan Division); 32,000 (1973 SIL)Adamawa State, Guyuk LGA; Gombe State, Balanga LGA

The largest ward is Chikila ward.

References
  1. Longuda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2014. Longuda group. Adamawa Languages Project.
  4. Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9.
  • Longuda (Adamawa Languages Project)
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