Paʼa language

Paʼa, also known as Afa (Afawa) or Fucaka (autonym), is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria.[1]

Paʼa
Afa
Fucaka
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pqa
Glottologpaaa1242
ELPPa'a[2]
PersonFuCiki[3]
PeopleFoni
LanguageFuCaka

Notes

  1. Paʼa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Pa'a.
  3. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

Further reading

  • Margaret Gardner Skinner. 1979. "Aspects of Pa'anci Grammar," University of Wisconsin PhD dissertation.


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