Afro-Asiatic language of Nigeria
Putai also known as Marghi West is a nearly extinct Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northeastern Nigeria. The language is dying out and being replaced by Kanuri.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Putai at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Putai language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
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| National languages | |
| Recognised languages | |
| Indigenous languages | |
| Sign languages | |
| Immigrant languages | |
| Scripts | |
| Tera (A.1) | |||||||||||||
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| Bura–Higi |
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| Wandala (Mandara) (A.4) |
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| Mafa (A.5) |
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| Daba (A.7) |
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| Bata (Gbwata) (A.8) | |||||||||||||
| Mandage (Kotoko) (B.1) |
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| East– Central |
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| Others | |||||||||||||
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages | |||||||||||||