Jalaa (autonym: bàsàrə̀n dà jàlààbè̩), also known as Cèntûm, Centúúm or Cen Tuum, is an extinct language of northeastern Nigeria (Loojaa settlement in...
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Indo-European language family, distinguished from the satem languages. Centum may also refer to: Jalaa language, or Cèntûm, an endangered language isolate of...
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Academia. Kleinewillinghofer, Ulrich (2001). "Jalaa: An Almost Forgotten Language of Northeastern Nigeria: A Language Isolate?". Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika...
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of unclassified languages—notably Laal and Jalaa—are found along the fringes of the Adamawa area. Geographically, the Adamawa languages lie near the location...
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Jalaa language also known as Cèntûm, Centúúm or Cen Tuum, is an extinct language of northeastern Nigeria (Loojaa settlement in Balanga Local Government...
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The Bantu languages (English: UK: /ˌbænˈtuː/, US: /ˈbæntuː/ Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central...
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Syrian feminist and activist Jalabe people of Nigeria, who speak the Jalaa language Jalabi, Iran Jalabi Rural District, an administrative division of Bandar...
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Talodi languages Heiban languages Lafofa languages Rashad languages Katla languages The endangered or extinct Laal, Mpre and Jalaa languages are often...
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Tambora † (Indonesia) – possibly a language isolate Karami † (Papua New Guinea) Makolkol † (New Britain) Bangime (Mali) Jalaa † (Nigeria) Kwaza (Brazil) Xocó...
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There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. The official language is English, which was the language of Colonial Nigeria. The English-based...
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unclassified language spoken in what is now Gombe State, northeastern Nigeria. Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer, when investigating the Jalaa language of Nigeria...
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Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...
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extinct languages of Africa, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant. There are 73 languages listed...
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languages is Mumuye, at 400,000 speakers. A couple of unclassified languages—notably Laal and Jalaa—are found along their fringes. Ubangian languages...
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Mwana) Another related dialect is spoken by former speakers of the Jalaa language in and around Loojaa settlement. It consists of 8 vowels and 17 consonants...
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Niger–Congo: Jalaa, Mbre, Bayot unknown: Laal, Mpre Of these, Jalaa is perhaps the most likely to be an isolate. Less-well investigated languages include Irimba...
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Jalaa Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الجلاء الرياضي), previously known as Jeunesse Sportivo Alep is a multi-sports club based in the Syrian city of Aleppo...
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Kordofan region of Sudan: Talodi–Heiban languages, Lafofa languages, Rashad languages, Katla languages and Kadu languages. The first four groups are sometimes...
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250 languages, with some accounts reporting around 600. These include 55 Afro-Asiatic languages, two Nilo-Saharan languages, four Ubangian languages, and...
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Balanga, Nigeria (category Language articles citing Ethnologue 25)
Balanga Local Government Area is home to the extinct Jalaa language (bàsàrə̀n dà jàlààbè̩), a language isolate also known as Centúúm or Cen Tuum. The chairman...
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Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. Williamson and Blench conclude that the Igboid languages form a "language cluster"...
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The Kru languages are spoken by the Kru people from the southeast of Liberia to the west of Ivory Coast. According to Güldemann (2018), Kru lacks sufficient...
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(sometimes called East Benue–Congo) is a major branch of the Volta-Congo languages which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa. Central Nigerian (or Platoid)...
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The Gbe languages (pronounced [ɡ͡bè]) form a cluster of about twenty related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria...
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The Senufo or Senufic languages (French: Senoufo) comprise around 15 languages spoken by the Senufo in the north of Ivory Coast, the south of Mali and...
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Rivers State, Bayelsa State, Delta State, Ondo State and Edo State, Nigeria Jalaa † – bàsàrə̀n dà jàlààbè̩ Formerly spoken in: Nigeria Jamaican Patois – Patwa...
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Al-Jalaa (Arabic: ٱلْجَلَاء, romanized: al-Jalāʾ) is a small city in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along...
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Al-Jalaa Stadium (Arabic: مَلْعَب ٱلْجَلَاء, romanized: Malʿab al-Jalāʾ, English: Liberation Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Damascus, Syria, currently...
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hypothetical reconstructed proto-language of the proposed Niger–Congo language family. Unlike Nilo-Saharan, the Niger–Congo language phylum is accepted by mainstream...
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The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory...
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