Paʼa language

Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
Paʼa
Afa
Fucaka
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3pqa
Glottologpaaa1242
ELPPa'a
PersonFuCiki[2]
PeopleFoni
LanguageFuCaka

Paʼa, also known as Afa (Afawa) or Fucaka (autonym), is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Paʼa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

Further reading

  • Margaret Gardner Skinner. 1979. "Aspects of Pa'anci Grammar," University of Wisconsin PhD dissertation.
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