Jen
| Dza (Jen) | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Nigeria (States of Taraba , Adamaua ) | |
| speaker | 20,000 (2000) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
those |
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The Dza language (ISO 639-3: jen; called janjo and jenjo ) is an Adamaua language from the Jen language group, spoken by a total of 20,100 people (in 2000) in the Nigerian states of Taraba and Adamawa .
Dza or Jen is the main language of the subgroup to which it gave its name - this forms part of the larger language group of the Waja-Jen languages. Dza has several dialects: kaigama, laredo (ardido) and jaule (joole).