Chamba Leko

Chamba
Samba Leekɔ
Region northern Nigeria and Cameroon
Ethnicity Chamba people
Native speakers
62,000 in Nigeria (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ndi
Glottolog samb1305[2]

Chamba Leko is one of two languages spoken by the Chamba people, the other being Chamba Daka. It is a member of the Leko branch of Savanna languages, and is spoken across the northern NigerianCameroonian border.

Chamba is also spelled 'Samba', Leko also 'Leeko', 'Lego' or 'Lekon'. The language is also known as Suntai.

References

  1. Chamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Samba Leko". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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