Ajawa language

Ajawa
Ajawa
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State
Extinct	ca. 1930[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bade–Warji Warji (B.2) Ajawa; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ajw
Glottolog	ajaw1236

Ajawa is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Ajawa became extinct between 1920 and 1940 as speakers switched to Hausa.[1][2]

Notes

Ajawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Blench, Roger (2012). An atlas of Nigerian languages. Cambridge, UK: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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