Agatu

Agatu
Agatu

Gesprochen in

 Benue, Nassarawa (Zentralnigeria)
Sprecher 70.000 (in 1987)
Linguistische
Klassifikation

Niger-Kongo
Sprachcodes
ISO 639-3:

agc

Die Sprache Agatu (auch Nord-idoma, Nord-idomaisch oder ochekwu genannt; ISO 639-3 ist agc[1]) ist eine idomoide Sprache, die in Nigeria in den Bundesstaaten Benue und Nassarawa von über 70.000 Einwohnern[2][3] gesprochen wird.

Agatu ist gehört innerhalb der West-Benue-Kongo-Sprachen gemeinsam mit den Sprachen Alago [ala], Idoma [idu], Igede [ige] und Yala [yba] zur Gruppe der Idoma-Sprachen.

1984 wurde das Neue Testament in Agatu veröffentlicht.

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Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ agc
  2. ↑ (1987 UBS)
  3. ↑ Ethnologue (16th)

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