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Paʼa
Afa
Fucaka
Native to Nigeria
Region Bauchi State
Native speakers
(8,000 cited 1995) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pqa
Glottolog paaa1242
ELP Pa'a
PersonFuCiki [2]
PeopleFoni
LanguageFuCaka

Paʼa, also known as Afa (Afawa) or Fucaka (autonym), is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria. [1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Paʼa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

Further reading

  • Margaret Gardner Skinner. 1979. "Aspects of Pa'anci Grammar," University of Wisconsin PhD dissertation.