Mama language

Mama
Mama
Kantana
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Nassarawa State
Native speakers	(2,000–3,000? cited 2001)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Jarawan Nigerian Jarawan Mama; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mma
Glottolog	mama1272

Mama, or Kantana, is a Jarawan language spoken in Nigeria.

The number of speakers is unclear. A figure of 20,000 was published in 1973.² In 2011, "Kantana" (presumably the same language) was said to have 2,000–3,000 speakers, mostly over 25 years old.¹ A partial count of the ethnic community in the 2006 census was 6,000–9,000.

References

"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2015-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Mama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[ISOproposal-1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2015-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Mama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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