Ayu language

Ayu
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State
Native speakers	800 (2003)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Plateau Ninzic ? Ayu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ayu`
Glottolog	`ayuu1242`^[2]

Ayu is a minor and endangered Plateau language of Nigeria. Its subsequent classification is uncertain, but it may be one of the Ninzic languages (Blench 2008). It is not being passed on to many children.

References

↑ Ayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ayu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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