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Preferred term

gqaGa'anda  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Gaanda (also known as Ganda, Gaandu, Mokar, Makwar) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by about 10,000 people in the Adamawa state of Nigeria. Some speakers live in the Song, Gyuk, Mubi, and Biu (Borno State) LGAs. It has 2 dialects, Gaanda and Gabin. Its speakers are generally not monolingual in Gaanda, instead, they use Hausa and Fulfulde as well. They are becoming more interested in education; Ga'anda has a secondary school. The traditional religions of the people are Christian and Muslim.

Entry terms

  • Ga'anda language

ISO 639-3 code

  • gqa

Notation

  • gqa

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/gqa

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