Teshenawa language
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| Teshenawa | |
|---|---|
| Teshenanchi | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Jigawa State |
| Extinct | after 1927[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | twc |
twc.html | |
| Glottolog | tesh1239 |
Teshenawa (Teshenanchi) is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language formerly spoken in Teshena town of Kafin Hausa LGA, Jigawa State, Nigeria.[2][3] It was closely related to the also-extinct Auyokawa and still-living Bade.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Schuh, Russell G. (2001), "Shira, Teshena, Auyo: Hausa's (former) eastern neighbors", Historical Language Contact in Africa, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, vol. 16/17, Köln: Rüdiger Köppe, pp. 387–435
- ^ Teshenawa at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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