The Kurama or Kurumi language Tukurami is a Kainji language of Nigeria with over 100000 speakers. Kurama speakers are found in the central northern Nigerian states of Kaduna Bauchi State […]
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Achang language
The Achang language (autonym: ŋa˨˩tʂhaŋ˨˩; Chinese: 阿昌) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Achang (AKA Maingtha) in China.
Lule language
Lule is an indigenous language of northern Argentina.Lule may be extinct today. Campbell (1997) writes that in 1981 there was an unconfirmed report that Lule is still spoken by 5 […]
Kuman language (New Guinea)
Kuman (also Simbu or Chimbu) is a language of Simbu Province Papua New Guinea. In 1994 it was estimated that 80000 people spoke Kuman 10000 of them monolinguals; in the […]
Western Yugur language
Western Yugur (Western Yugur: yoğïr lar (Yugur speech) or yoğïr śoz (Yugur word)) is the Turkic language spoken by the Yugur people. It is contrasted with Eastern Yugur the Mongolic […]
Salar language
Salar is a Turkic language spoken by the Salar people who mainly live in the provinces of Qinghai and Gansu in China; some also live in Yining Xinjiang. The Salar […]
Oirat language
Oirat (Clear script: ᡆᡕᡅᠷᠠᡑ ᡘᡄᠯᡄᠨ Oyirad kelen; Kalmyk: Өөрд Öörd; Khalkha-Mongolian: Ойрад Oirad) belongs to the group of Mongolic languages. Scholars differ as to whether they regard Oirat as a […]
Drehu language
Drehu ([ɖehu]; also known as Dehu Lifou Lifu qene drehu) is an Austronesian language mostly spoken on Lifou Island Loyalty Islands New Caledonia. It has about twelve-thousand fluent speakers and […]
Tooro language
Tooro or Rutooro is a Bantu language spoken mainly by the Tooro people (Batooro) from the Toro Kingdom region of western Uganda. There are three main areas where Rutooro as […]
Wai-wai people
The Wai-wai (also written Waiwai or Wai Wai) are a Carib-speaking ethnic group of Guyana and northern Brazil. They are part of the Amerindian population that make up part of […]