Jukun | |
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Jukun Takum | |
Njikun | |
Native to | Cameroon, Nigeria |
Native speakers |
L1: 2,400 (2000)
[1] L2: 40,000 (1979) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
jbu |
Glottolog |
juku1254 |
Jukun (Njikun), or more precisely Jukun Takum, is a Jukunoid language of Cameroon used as a trade language in Nigeria. Though there are only a few thousand native speakers, and only a dozen in Nigeria (as of 2000), it is spoken as a second language in Nigeria by tens of thousands (40,000 reported in 1979).
The name Jukun is a cover term for several related Jukunoid languages, such as the much more numerous Jukun Wapan.
Wase Tofa is listed by Blench (2019) as a dialect. [2]
Jukun | |
---|---|
Jukun Takum | |
Njikun | |
Native to | Cameroon, Nigeria |
Native speakers |
L1: 2,400 (2000)
[1] L2: 40,000 (1979) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
jbu |
Glottolog |
juku1254 |
Jukun (Njikun), or more precisely Jukun Takum, is a Jukunoid language of Cameroon used as a trade language in Nigeria. Though there are only a few thousand native speakers, and only a dozen in Nigeria (as of 2000), it is spoken as a second language in Nigeria by tens of thousands (40,000 reported in 1979).
The name Jukun is a cover term for several related Jukunoid languages, such as the much more numerous Jukun Wapan.
Wase Tofa is listed by Blench (2019) as a dialect. [2]