Jarawa language (Nigeria)
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Jarawa is the most populous of the Bantoid Jarawan languages
of eastern Nigeria.
Dialects are:
Zugur and Mbat currently have separate ISO 639-3
codes, and there is a proposal http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/chg_detail.asp?id=2011-172 to add codes for Zhar, Gwak, and Kantana, with [jar] being retained for the overall dialect cluster.
Jarawan languages
Jarawan is a dialect cluster that is closely related to, or perhaps a branch of, the Bantu languages. Blench says that it almost certainly belongs with the A.60 languages, which are part of Mbam.-Languages:...
of eastern Nigeria.
Dialects are:
- Zhár (Bankal), Zugur (Duguri), Gwak (Gingwak), Ndaŋshi, Dòòrì, Mbat (Bada), Mùùn, Kantana, Dàmùl.
Zugur and Mbat currently have separate ISO 639-3
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-3:2007, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages, is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. The standard describes three‐letter codes for identifying languages. It extends the ISO 639-2...
codes, and there is a proposal http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/chg_detail.asp?id=2011-172 to add codes for Zhar, Gwak, and Kantana, with [jar] being retained for the overall dialect cluster.