Mak language (Adamawa)

Mak
LeeMak
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Ethnicity	Bikwin
Native speakers	5,700 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Bambukic Bikwin–Jen Bikwin Mak
Dialects	Panya Zoo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`pbl`
Glottolog	`makn1235`^[2]

Mak, or LeeMak, is an Adamawa language of Nigeria, one of several spoken by the Bikwin people. The two dialects, Panya and Zoo (Zo), are rather divergent, and might be considered distinct languages.

References

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

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