Alago
| Alago | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Nassarawa , Central Nigeria | |
| speaker | 25,100 (in 2000) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
ala |
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The Alago (also arago , aragu , argo and idoma nokwu ; ISO 639-3 is) is an idomoid language that is spoken by 35,100 inhabitants (as of 2000) in the Nigerian state of Nassarawa .
The Alago has four dialects: doma, agwatashi, keana and assaikio. The Alago ethnic group now mostly uses English as their second mother tongue. Some can also speak Hausa [hau] as a foreign language .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ala
- ↑ Entry on Ethnologue