Kugama language
Adamawa language spoken in Nigeria
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Kugama, also known as Wam (Wã̀m[2]) or Gengle,[3] is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. It is spoken in Mayo-Belwa and Fufore Local Government Areas of Adamawa State.[4][5] It is classified within the Yendang group of the Adamawa language family.[4]
NativetoNigeria
RegionAdamawa state
Native speakers
(5,000 Kugama cited 1995)[1]unclear if figure for Gengle is additional or duplicate
| Wã̀m | |
|---|---|
| Language | ɲáː wàm |
Speakers refer to their language as ɲáː wàm. Kugama is an exonym that is often used by the speakers themselves when speaking in other languages, while Wã̀m is the name they use to refer to themselves.[6]
Further reading
- Blench, Roger. 2009. The Maya (Yendang) languages.
- Litvinova, Lora. 2014. Притяжательные местоимения в языке кугама Archived 2019-09-04 at the Wayback Machine [Possessive pronouns in Kugama]. In Alexandr Ju. Zheltov (ed.), Антропология и лингвистика. Материалы петербургских экспедиций в Африку [Anthropology and Linguistics. Materials of St. Petersburg expeditions to Africa], 167–173. St. Petersburg: MAE RAN.
- Litvinova, Lora. 2015. Личные местоимения в языке кугама [Personal pronouns in Kugama]. Paper presented at 28th International Conference on historiography and source studies of Asia and Africa “Asia and Africa in the Changing World”. St. Petersburg.
- Litvinova, Lora. 2016. Элементы морфосинтаксиса языка кугама[permanent dead link] [Topics in Kugama morphosyntax]. St. Petersburg: St.Petersburg State University MA thesis.