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Native Speakers Worldwide

~400

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Africa
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~400

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

"No known documentation exists for this language."

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Nigeria

Coordinates

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Location description

Akwanga LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria

Government support

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

Akwanga LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

Domains of Use

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Year of info

1992

Location and Context

Countries

Plateau State, Nigeria

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Location description

"Nigeria, Plateau State, Akwanga Division, Mama District"

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"Nigeria, Plateau State, Akwanga Division, Mama District"

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3000

Domains of Use

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"400 (SIL); 3000 (Blench est. 1999)"

Year of info

2011

Location and Context

Countries

Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Coordinates

8.907119, 8.406086

Location description

"Nasarawa State, Akwanga LGA"

Government support

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"Nasarawa State, Akwanga LGA"

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Year of info

1973

Location and Context

Countries

Nigeria

Coordinates

12.09992,6.31666

Location description

Town of Dogon Daji

Government support

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Script (Writing system)

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Town of Dogon Daji

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Speaker Number Trends

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Ethnic Population

~3000

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

1999

Location and Context

Countries

Nigeria

Coordinates

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Location description

"There are three villages where Hasha is the main language, Hashasu (=Yashi Pa), Kusu (Yashi Madaki) and Bwora (Yashi Sarki). Bwora is the largest settlement and generally regarded as the administrative centre. Hasha villages fall within Nassarawa State. They are all east of the main road from Fadan Karshi to Wamba, reached from a turnoff some 25 km. south of Fadan Karshi."

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"There are three villages where Hasha is the main language, Hashasu (=Yashi Pa), Kusu (Yashi Madaki) and Bwora (Yashi Sarki). Bwora is the largest settlement and generally regarded as the administrative centre. Hasha villages fall within Nassarawa State. They are all east of the main road from Fadan Karshi to Wamba, reached from a turnoff some 25 km. south of Fadan Karshi."

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Other languages used

Hausa, English

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More on context

"Hausa is widely known and English is spoken by some secondary school students."

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  2. Field trip to record the status of some little-known Nigerian languages
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  6. Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist
    Kay Williamson. 1973. "Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist." II: University of Ibadan, Nigeria: West African Linguistic Society.
  7. The Hasha Language of Central Nigeria and its Affinities
    Blench, Roger. 2006. "The Hasha Language of Central Nigeria and Its Affinities."
  8. Plateau field trips 1998-1999
    Blench, Roger M. 1999. "Plateau Field Trips 1998-1999." In Ogmios, 11: (?).