Longuda

Longuda
Spoken in	Nigeria ( Adamaua State , Bauchi )
speaker	≈50,000
Linguistic ; classification	Niger-Congo Atlantic – Congo Savannah languages Bambikisch; ; Longuda ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lnu

The Longuda is one of the languages of Nigeria .

It belongs to the Niger-Congo language family and is classified in the Adamaua language group .

The exact number of speakers is around 32,000 and is decreasing as speakers increasingly adopt English, which was made the official language after the country became independent. In 1973, 50,000 people still spoke the Longuda.

Other variations of the name for the 'Longuda' are Languda, Longura, Nunguda, Nungura and Nunguraba .

Individual evidence

↑ Ethnologue : Date July 2011
^ Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, of his Adamawa family. Boyd (1989) assigned it a branch within Waja – Jen languages. When Blench (2008) broke up Adamawa, Longuda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.
↑ Ethnologue 1973

[1] Ethnologue : Date July 2011

[2] Joseph Greenberg counted it as a distinct branch, G10, of his Adamawa family. Boyd (1989) assigned it a branch within Waja – Jen languages. When Blench (2008) broke up Adamawa, Longuda was made a branch of the Bambukic languages.

[3] Ethnologue 1973