Ayu
Aya
Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Benue-Congo; Plateau
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"The number of ethnic Ayu might be as high as 10,000 given the relatively large settlements, but truly fluent speakers are probably only in the hundreds. Nonetheless, there are many individuals with a fragmentary knowledge of the language."
2011
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Nigeria
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"Spoken in Ungwar Nungu village in Kaduna State, Nigeria... Ayu speakers live in the following villages: Kongon, Gwade, Tayu, Arau, Diger, Ikwa [=Mayir], Agamati, Anka Ambel and Amantu all in the hilly region around Fadan Ayu."
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"Spoken in Ungwar Nungu village in Kaduna State, Nigeria... Ayu speakers live in the following villages: Kongon, Gwade, Tayu, Arau, Diger, Ikwa [=Mayir], Agamati, Anka Ambel and Amantu all in the hilly region around Fadan Ayu."
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Research on minority languages of Nigeria in 2001Blench, R. (2002). Research on minority languages of Nigeria in 2001. Ogmios Newsletter, 9-11.http://www.ogmios.org/ogmios/Ogmios_020.pdf
- An Atlas of Nigerian LanguagesRoger Blench. 2011. "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages." Mallam Dendo. Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%%20of%%20Nigerian%%20Languages-%%20ed%%20III.pdf.http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%%20of%%20Nigerian%%20Languages-%%20ed%%20III.pdf
- The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinitiesRoger Blench. 2011. "The Ayu Language of Central Nigeria and Its Affinities." Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Ninzic/Ayu%%20wordlist%%20paper.pdf.http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/Ninzic/Ayu%%20wordlist%%20paper.pdf
- Bemerkungen zur Stellung des Ayu innerhalb der zentralen Plateau-Sprachen NigeriasGerhardt, Ludwig. 2006. "Bemerkungen Zur Stellung Des Ayu Innerhalb Der Zentralen Plateau-Sprachen Nigerias." In Zwischen Bantu und Burkina: Festschrift für Gudrun Miehe zum 65.~Geburtstag, edited by Dymitr Ibriszimow and Kerstin Winkelmann. 14: 79-94. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
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