Shama, or Shama-Sambuga after its two dialects, is a Kainji[2] language of Nigeria.
Sambuga is presumably extinct. It was spoken in Sambuga town, 10 km northwest of Kagara, in Rafi LGA, Niger State.[3]
References
- ^ Shama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). “Shama-Sambuga”. Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.